ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title>Pulse International</title> </head> <body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" link="#000000"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- imgsrc=new Array(); imgsrc[1]="a_current_button1.gif"; imgsrc[2]="p_current_button1.gif"; img =new Array(); for (i=0; i< imgsrc.length; i++) { img[i]=new Image(); img[i].src=imgsrc[i]; } function change(number, picture) { { document[picture].src=img[number].src; } } // --> </SCRIPT> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1" background="images/index_topstrip.gif" height="36"> <tr> <td width="33%" height="130" align="center"><b> <font color="#008000" face="Arial" size="2">Fortnightly Medical Newspaper <br> published from Pakistan</font></b></td> <td width="33%" height="130" valign="bottom"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/pulselogo.gif" width="282" height="120"></td> <td width="34%" height="130" align="center"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#008000" size="2"><b>Published by <br> Professional Medical Publications</b></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="26" align="center"> <p align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp;<SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.2> <!-- Begin var months=new Array(13); 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Number<span lang="en-us"> 10</span></font></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=666 border=0 style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" height="390"> <TR> <TD align=left width="666" height="29"><i><b><font size="5" face="Arial"> Highlights</font></b></i></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width="666" height="361"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=678 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=654> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="archives/15_05_2012/news1.htm"> <B>Pakistan needs a Social Reforms Movement to make citizens conscious of their responsibilities<br> </B> </a></U> </font> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> KARACHI: There is a need for Social Reforms Movement to make every citizen conscious of their responsibilities. When just 1.4 million people out of 180 million pay taxes, the government with little revenue cannot be expected to undertake social reforms and improve social services including health and education. </span></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=595 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=images/free_bg.gif width="591"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=677 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=5><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=652> <p align="justify" dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="archives/15_05_2012/news2.htm"><B> CPSP and BCPS joint committee to discuss further co-operation between the two institutions<br> </B> </a></U> LAHORE: After a joint meeting of the Councils of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan and Bangladesh College of Physicians &amp; Surgeons, it has been suggested that a joint committee consisting of two to three members from each side should be formed.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=690 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=images/free_bg.gif width="678"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=672 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=648> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U><B> <a href="archives/15_05_2012/news3.htm">Uniform standard of Postgraduate Medical Education to be maintained by all universities in Pakistan<br> </a></B></U>LAHORE: A Seminar on Postgraduate Medical Education was held at King Edward Medical University on April 28th 2012 which was attended by Vice Chancellors, Principals and Professors from various Universities / Postgraduate Medical Institutions. </font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=679 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=655> <p align="justify" dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="archives/15_05_2012/news4.htm"> <B>Health is not a priority with any Government and we need to make all BHUs functional- Prof. A.G.Billoo<br> </B> </a></U> KARACHI: One of the scientific sessions on March 3rd during the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) Convention 2012 was devoted to Health Policy and Doctors issues including undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. It was chaired by Prof. A. Ghaffar Billoo and the guest speakers were Prof. Rasheed Jooma former DG Health,<span lang="en-us"> </span>Prof. Umar Farooq from DUHS, Prof.Tipu Sultan, Prof. Hafiz Ijaz Ahmad and Prof. Rizwan Azmi Councilor of CPSP.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> </center> </div> <blockquote> <p align="justify"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="COLOR: black">Professional Medical Publications is the premier medical publishing house in Pakistan. Its founders have been active in the filed of medical journalism since 1966. </span><font color="#008000"> <b>PULSE</b> </font><span style="COLOR: black"> International is Pakistan s most widely read medical Views-paper published every fortnight. 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