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Peshawar(Pakistan)March 20 *MTI KCD observed World Oral Health Day* Oral health day is celebrated globally every year on 20th March. Of the world's population, 90% will suffer from oral diseases in their lifetime, many avoidable. Organized by World Dental Federation (FDI), World Oral Health Day (WOHD) involves campaigns by national dental associations from around the world with activities in over 130 countries. Khyber College of Dentistry (KCD) marked “World Oral Health Day” to raise awareness about the importance of oral hygiene. Every year Khyber College of Dentistry arranges a walk to create awareness among general public. The walk was attended by BDS students of all years, faculty staff, management staff, TMOs’ and HOs.  The objective of this walk and seminar was to highlight oral diseases, such as tooth decay and gum disease, are widespread and preventable and through proper self-care, regular dental check-ups and managing risk factors, good oral health and general healt

Peshawar(Pakistan) dated 19.03.2019(Handout) The Chief Commissioner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Mr. Azmat Hanif Orakzai, while addressing the Public Information Officers (PIOs) of District Peshawar said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa RTI law was a flagship initiative of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government aimed at promoting transparency and accountability in the functioning of public bodies. Ever since the enactment of the RTI Law, thousands of citizens have been able to exercise their constitutional right of accessing information of public importance in line with the sustainable development goals (SDG 16.10.2). The session was second of its to train the Public Information Officers (PIOs) on the use of electronic right to information (e-RTI) web portal developed by the RTI Commission with the help of the IT Department/Board of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. The Chief Commissioner added that as part of the e-governance initiative of the provincial go

Peshawar(Pakistan)March 19 Meeting of the PCS Officers Association was held today at civil secretariat under the Chairmanship of Mr. Ghafoor Beg. All issues regarding civil service were discussed in the meeting and progress checked. It was noted that committee on civil service reforms at federal & provincial level are both going at a snail pace & not ready to take up the structural issues which form the basis of all that ills the governance. Apportionment formulae 93 whereby federal officers have occupied the provincial governments arbitrarily is still to be revoked. Besides, there is no placement board and postings/ transfer are still done without any criteria, career progression & trainings of officers are on the back burner & performance evaluation is subjective. Deputationists from other departments are still being posted on schedule positions illegally & the government won’t  respond to appeals made in this regard. Even the Summary for change of nomenclature

*Handout Peshawar(handout)17.03.2019             After completion of six months tenure of the Provincial government, the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed all the administrative secretaries to initiate a monthly performance review of  their respective departments.             The administrative secretaries have been asked to propose a set of Key performance Indicators(KPIs) or Metrics that will be used to measure departmental Performance as part of a performance scorecard. These metrics will be agreed in the first meeting with the Chief Minister. Highlight their departments performance in the last six months, since the formation of Government, with a specific focus on how their work has benefited the public of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Challenging questions should be expected; hence all claims should be based on facts, Present their five-year plan along with their committed targets for the next 3 months (to June), 6 months (to September) and through the next fi

Peshawar:16.3.2019 Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, Waqar Ahmad Seth on Saturday inaugurated the first- ever child protection Court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Judicial Complex Peshawar. The Child Protection Court has been established under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Act,2010 and Juvenile Justice system Act, 2018 which will handle issues related to child protection and welfare cases particularly legal custody of destitute and neglected; reunification of destitute and neglected children with their families, trial of cases registered under the child protection and and welfare Act; welfare of children; trial of cases involving where children are victim, witness and offender and protection of movable and immovable properties of orphans, neglected and children at risk. Khawaja Wajih-ud-Din Registrar Peshawar high court, addressing the inauguration ceremony, said that primary role of Child Protection Court was to ensure protection of children from maltreatment, vio

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*Govt. committed to provide relief to common man: Ghulam Sarwar Khan*  *Islamabad* (PR):The Senate's Standing Committee on Petroleum held a meeting in Islamabad with Senator Mohsin Aziz in the chair. The meeting discussed at length various issues prevailing in the country's Energy sector with a special focus on the Natural Gas sector. Answering various questions put forward by members of the committee, the Federal Minister apprised the committee members of the steps being taken by the Govt. in reforming the country's Gas sector. He briefed the Committee on steps taken by the present Government in improving gas billing recoveries, curbing UFG losses and new initiatives. Highlighting some of the challenges being faced by Gas utilities in curbing UFG, the Minister shared outcomes of the meeting he had in Quetta including with the Chief Minister, members of the Provincial Assembly across party spectrum and other relevant stakeholders. The Minister shared with the committee

Peshawar(March 14,2019) Khyber Teaching Hospital Nephrology Department and Urology Unit marked “World Kidney Day” to raise awareness of the importance of kidneys, preventive behaviors, risk factors and highlight how to live with a kidney disease. Every year Khyber Teaching Hospital arranges a walk to create awareness among general public. The walk was attended by Chairman Medical specialties and In-charge Nephrology Prof Dr Nisar Anwar, Prof Dr Amir Azhar, Asso Prof Dr Ahmad Zeb, Assit Prof Dr Mufti Baleegh, In-charge Urology unit KTH Asst Prof Dr Hazrat Ullah and large number of faculty staff, management staff, TMOs’, HOs’, nursing staff along with school of nursing and its students.  The objective of this walk was to highlight the importance of Chronic Kidney Disease. The theme of this year World Kidney Day is "Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere". MTI KTH has a full fledged Nephrology and Urological services available including one of the largest Hemodialysis