Attendants torture doctors in Jinnah Hospital Lahore, two held

Staff Report

LAHORE: Attendants of a patient tortured doctors at Jinnah Hospital when the patient’s condition became serious. Police held two men, SAMAA reported Sunday.

The emergency ward reopened after almost 13 hours.

Hospital sources said that patient, Mrs. Pervez, was brought to the emergency ward early in the morning, but her attendants scuffled with doctors when her condition became critical. Two doctors were injured.

Doctors stopped working in the ward, protesting against the attitude of the attendants.

A four-member committee was formed. Two men have been held and a case has been lodged at Garden Town police station. SAMAA

Rescue 1122 kicks off in Peshawar

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Rescue 1122 services will commence in Peshawar on Saturday to cope with natural calamities and emergency situations.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Hoti will inaugurate Rescue 1122 in Peshawar.

Rescue stations were established in seven groups. The control room of the emergency service is set up on G.T Road in Civil Defence Office.

Rescue 1122 staff will provide relief within seven minutes of any emergency. SAMAA

More floods submerge Jaffarabad

QUETTA: After a wide breach in Tori embankment along the River Indus and breaches at three points in Begari Canal, Jaffarabad, Sajawal and more villages in Shikarpur district were indundated.

The latest flood has also inundated Sohbatpur after submerging Hairdin, Manjhipur, Mew Khan and Daulatpur.

Hundreds of thousands of people were reported stranded in Rojhan Jamali, Suhbatpur and Osta Muhammad. The fresh flooding inundated Suhbatpur after submerging Hairdin, Manjhipur, Mew Khan and Daulatpur.

Floodwater besieged Osta Muhammad from three sides, while the outskirts of town were already under water. On the other hand, 132KV grid station at Suhbatpur is also underwater. According to Balochistan Chief Secretary Mir Ahmed Bukhsh Lehri, flash floods have washed away 2,584 villages in Balochistan.

The situation is deteriorating. Thousands of flood

Qureshi pledges for more aid, accepts Indian offer

NEW YORK: Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday appealed to the international community to provide immediate aid to cope with the humanitarian crisis.

Qureshi, who is in New York to drum up funding from the international community to combat the humanitarian crisis caused due to the floods, said: “Frankly it is beyond just national resources.”

“We do need international assistance and we need international assistance now.”

“You can help and your contribution will be invaluable,” he added, pointing out that the amount of funds need would rise dramatically as Pakistan moved from the emergency phase into the rebuilding its infrastructure.

Obama’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, who was speaking in New York along with Qureshi, noted that his motto along with Clinton’s, in case of the present flooding in Pakistan,

Worst floods in a decade hit China

BEIJING: The worst floods in a decade have left 991 dead and 558 missing in China since the beginning of the year and caused more than 28 billion dollars in damage.

The death toll from floods sweeping through northeastern China has risen to 37, state media said Saturday, as authorities scrambled to intercept 12 heavy vessels hurtling down a major waterway.

Torrential rains in Jilin province have left a further 35 missing as more than 364,000 people were evacuated from waterlogged areas, the official news agency reported.

Water, electricity and telecommunications services were cut in parts of the province, while train services in the town of Kouqian were suspended after the railway station was surrounded by floodwaters, previous reports said. More than 95,500 buildings have been damaged in the floods, with 25,400 destroyed, agency said.

Elsewhere in Jilin, hundreds of soldiers and many boats were mobilised to stop 12 heavy vessels being swept down the Songhua River towards a major dam.

Russia deploys huge firefighting force on forest blazes

MOSCOW: Russia has deployed nearly 240,000 people to fight forest fires raging in 14 central regions amid a record-breaking heatwave, the emergency ministry said in a statement.

The emergency ministry has sent 238,000 people, along with 226 aircraft, to fight the fires, which have claimed more than 30 lives, the ministry said, adding that it was able to “control the situation.”

”Communication of the pilot with ATC was absolutely normal”

ISLAMABAD: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Chief Junaid Amin on Friday brushed aside all speculations about possibility of terrorism in Airblue plane crash, saying that the age of pilot of the unfortunate airbus was legitimate allowed while he was medically fit.

“We have recorded all the details. The log book, radar picture, ATC tape and all other relevant information was secured to facilitate the safety investigation board. Moreover, the controllers of the ATC were fully qualified. The communication of the pilot with the control room was absolutely normal,” said Director General, CAA, Junaid Amin while addressing a press conference here.

He also ruled out questions over the rest period of the pilot, saying that the rest period was “strictly according to the book”. He had gone for flying on July 26 while the accident took place on July 28, he added.

“The pilot was slightly under 62 years which is allowed under laws. We, at CAA, have stringent rules which are even better than the international protocols. We conduct a medical board every six months to fully examine the pilots” health,” he added.

Sindh Governor orders safety measures in view of expected floods

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has directed the relevant authorities to take safety measures in view of expected floods in Sindh province.

He directed to keep on standby all necessary machinery to cope with the emergency situation in view of expected floods.

Ebad said people from localities feared to be affected by floods should be shifted to safe places. The people in these areas should also be informed about floods, he said.

The governor instructed Sindh Health Department and all administrators to activate health centers and ensure availability of staff and medicines.

Gunmen storm Jinnah Hospital, 8 dead

LAHORE: At least eight people died when armed persons stormed the emergency ward of Jinnah Hospital here, Medical Superintendent said Monday.

According to Geo correspondent, two gunmen entered the emergency ward and opened fire at the injured of Model Town and Garhi Shahi attacks.

According to Geo, three to four guards and attendants are among the dead.

The firing is still underway while police have surrounded the hospital.

Kaira condemns Israeli raid on Gaza aid fleet

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira on Monday said the government has condemned the act of violence committed by Israeli forces which is against norms and principles of international law and human rights.

Pakistan is using all possible means to get information about the well being of the Pakistani journalists present in the Freedom Flotilla, he said.

In a telephonic talk with a news channel, he said Pakistan has strongly protested the incident, adding that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has talked to American Ambassador Anne Patterson to use her influence and diplomatic sources to get the latest information about the status of Pakistani journalists as Pakistan has not direct diplomatic links with Israel.

The minister said there was no moral and legal justification of this attack and it was also violation of international borders because the “Freedom Flotilla” carrying relief goods was attacked in the open sea.

“We are using all our diplomatic resources to locate the whereabouts of two Pakistani journalists, Syed Talat Hussain and Raza Mahmood Agha, and a Pakistani NGO worker, who were on board the Freedom Flotilla at the time of this outrageous attack,” he said when asked a question.

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