Food vendors near Islamabad schools
Food vendors near schools worried parents
Islamabad, Oct 19: The parents of children in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are
worried over food vendors near the schools. They have complained
repeatedly to school officials about vendors selling spoiled food to children
near the schools. The vendors station themselves in front of schools when
school is out, and sell a number of different types of food. Most of it is
unhealthy, and the parents have called for an end to these sales. A
school official claimed that the school administration had contacted the
concerned officials many a times about the sale of unhealthy food to
children. "We have complained about the problem, but we have not had any
response from them. For our part, we are trying to educate the children so that
they do not buy this food. Sami Shah, a resident of I-10 said the students buy
food without knowing how substandard it was, where it came from or how it has
been prepared. Khuram, a father said he was afraid that children might
catch some disease because of the food, since it was exposed to both sun and
dust. "I have forbidden my son from buying from the peddlers," he said. A
student Muhammad Khan said that vendors selling foods do not wash their dishes
properly and swarms of flies keep hovering over the food items. "Those who sell
cut fruit do not cover the fruit properly, which also attracts flies and dust,"
he added. A physician, Dr Astori told this agency that the consumption
of such eatables was not only dangerous, but poisonous too. There are flies and
mosquitoes these days which spread diseases like gastroenteritis, typhoid and
cholera," he remarked. When contacted, an official of District Health Office
said, "We do take action against such vendors, and if they do not listen to our
warnings, their goods are confiscated."
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UoP announced supplementary exam schedule
Peshawar: The Controller of Examinations, University of Peshawar, has notified
for the information of all concerned that the schedule for submission of
examination forms for B.Com Part I and II Supplementary Examination 2009 has
been fixed. According to details, the examination forms for the said
exams can be submitted with normal fee till 31st October, with late fee till
10the November and with double fee till 20the November. Forms complete in
all respects of regular/late college students shall be sent by the principals of
the concerned colleges along with a covering letter. Incomplete forms shall not
be entertained in any case. Charging excess fee than prescribed by the
college/institution is a cognisable offence and if reported will lead to severe
action or de-affiliation. However, the candidates who have failed more than four
papers in annual 2009 examination are not eligible for supply 2009 examination. The news
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Speech competition at Bahria College
Rawalpindi: Students of Bahria Foundation College exhibited extraordinary
oratorical skills in a speech and Qiraat competition held the other
day. Principal Syeda Aarifa Mohsin appreciated talented students. MPA
Raja Hanif was the chief guest. He also awarded prizes to position holders in
this competition and medals to winners of International Kangroo Mathematical
Test. Hanif told students to dedicate their efforts to acquire
knowledge. APP
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Young children can wear contact lenses
Islamabad: Opposing the conventional wisdom of optometrists that children
below the age of 12 cannot use contact lenses. Myopia, or
shortsightedness, begins around age 8. A three-month study of 10 nearsighted
children showed nine of them handled daily disposable contact lenses with little
trouble, Health News reported. Researchers from the Ohio State University found
that many parents don't realise that their 8-year-old child can handle the
responsibility of contact lenses, so they don't tend to ask them. But children
in this study wore contacts without relying on their parents to put them in and
take them out. The researchers used daily disposable lenses to relieve
the children of the need to clean and disinfect lenses. Optometrists don't
recommend contact lenses for children younger than 12 because they believe they
are not responsible enough to care for them. But studies have shown
8-year-olds can put them in and out without help from parents. Similar results
were seen from larger studies of children of this age who have used other types
of contact lenses.
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Students protest Gilgit-Baltistan package
Abbottabad: The Karakoram Students Organisation (KSO) staged protest
demonstration against the government's so-called Gilgit-Baltistan package,
outside the press club on Sunday. The protesters were led by Kashif Ali
Bonji, Mujahid Ali, Mehr Baz, Manzoor Ahmad, Asmatullah, Akramullah and Tassawar
Mehdi.They said before the Gilgit-Baltistan package, the political parties and
the Kashmiri leadership was not taken on board. They added that 1.5 million
residents of the region were ignored in the announced package. They said
that all the powers were vested in the president while a non-elected person was
made chairman in the area. They said the Gilgit-Baltistan legislative council
could neither elect chief minister nor governor. They demanded complete autonomy
for the area. The news
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