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Christian youth’s murder condemned

LAHORE The Commission for Peace and Human Development (CPHD) on Sunday expressed serious concern over the murder of a Christian youth in the name of religion. Javed Anjum, 19, of 291GB Village in Toba Tek Singh district, allegedly died after five days of torture by the administration of a seminary in 323GB of Trindi village. Waseem Anthony, executive director of the CPHD, said Javed’s crime was that he drank water from a tap near the seminary. His relatives said the torturers had tried to force Javed to convert to Islam as well. Mr Anthony said that the administration allegedly asked police to book the youth in a theft case, but the police refused because he was dying. His relatives later took him to Allied Hospital, where he died. “In the wake of government claims that they are trying to make Pakistan a moderate and tolerant state, religious intolerance in any form is totally unacceptable and should be done away with immediately,” Mr Anthony said. The CPHD director asked the government to investigate the incident and punish his murderers. staff report

Kashmir solution impossible without Kashmiris: seminar

LAHORE The resolution to the Kashmir problem is not possible without the involvement of Kashmiris, said speakers at a seminar organised by the Political Science Society of Forman Christian (FC) University on Sunday. The seminar - ‘Pak-India peace process: opportunities, constraints and challenges’ - was addressed by Rasool Bux Rais, chairman of the Department of Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, FC University Rector Dr Peter Armacost and others. The speakers said that Kashmiris should be given the right to self-determination. Advisor for the society Professor Muhammad Sajid, FC University Vice Principal Dr Christy Muneer, Prof. Khadija Zia and students attended the seminar. staff report

Medical colleges planned in all divisions

LAHORE Medical colleges will be set up in all divisional headquarters in the Punjab, Provincial Health Minister Dr Tahir Ai Javed said on Sunday. Addressing a briefing on the Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Mr Javed said medical education and the examination system would be reformed to make it comparable with those in developed countries. He said students and young doctors would be encouraged to launch research projects and added that the government was ready to release funds for research. Mr Javed said it was a good sign that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council had recognised the University of Health Sciences and Services Institute of Medical Sciences. He said SIMS would be constructed on Services Hospital premises. “The hospital and college will be on the same premises hence the students will not face any problems,” he said. He said the SIMS campus would cost Rs 400 million and construction work would start soon. staff report

JI concerned about govt’s ‘failing’ labour policy

LAHORE The government’s economic, industrial and labour policies have failed because they gave no relief to labourers, the Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Shoora said in a resolution passed at a recent meeting.The JI expressed concern over the “victimisation” of officials who refused to obey “illegal” orders from ministers in the Railways, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Steel, Post Office, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Sui gas companies. “Such officials are harassed, also transferred to remote areas or forced to seek voluntary retirement.” staff report

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