HYDERABAD, Jan 29: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has criticized the government for asking Interpol to issue red notices against PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, he accused the Musharraf government of harassing the PPP leader.

He said the government wanted to divert people’s attention from its failure on all fronts by raising the issue of red notice.

Mr Palijo called upon Interpol to beware of government’s intentions.

He said the government was engaged in Balochistan and Waziristan operations and, at the same time, had raised the Kalabagh dam issue in Sindh and the issue of military farms in Okara.

SECRETARY: Sindh Health Secretary Prof Dr Naushad A. Shaikh has said the government is grading private and public hospitals according to their performance and academic activities to benefit people.

He was speaking as a chief guest at the first Isra annual medical symposium held at the Isra University on Saturday.

The symposium was attended by a large number of delegates and eminent speakers from all over the country and abroad.

The health secretary stressed the need of holding such symposia for nurses to enhance their skills.

The convener of the symposium, Prof Dr Feroze Memon, in his welcome address, said continuous medical education was need of the time.

The chancellor of the Isra University, Prof (Dr) Ghulam Qadir Qazi, thanked the secretary and scholars for attending the event.

Doctors who read papers were Dr Ashfaq Turk, a consultant cardiologist from the USA, Prof Dr Nazeer A. Memon, cardiologist from Hyderabad, Dr Waseem Jaffery and Prof (Dr) Javed Khan from the Agha Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Prof Naseem Salahuddin of the Liaquat National Hospital in Karachi and Dr M. Ibrahim.

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