Belly fat worse for older Education top priority of Govt: Shahbaz men than low testosterone OBSERVER REPORT
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OR older men, having a big belly is more closely tied to general health problems than having low testosterone levels, a new study suggests. Researchers have known that obesity is linked to lower testosterone among men. But it’s been less clear how each of those factors relates to men’s well-being, Dr. Marianne Andersen told Reuters Health in an email. She worked on the study at Odense University Hospital in Denmark. In otherwise healthy men, an increased waist may be more important for some aspects of quality of life than low testosterone levels, as long as those low levels are still in the normal range, Andersen said. Sales of testosterone products have shot up in recent years (see Reuters Health story of June 4, 2013 here: reut.rs/1eWVWGK. Treatment may be appropriate for men with seriously low testosterone, but these products are marketed to a much broader group, including men who are just tired or depressed. For their study, Andersen and her colleagues asked 598 Danish men ages 60 to 74 about their quality of life using a questionnaire called the Short-Form 36, or SF-36. The questionnaire measures general health, including ability to perform physical activities, pain, vitality, social functioning and emotional and mental health. The researchers also measured men’s body fat, including stomach fat, and testosterone levels. Four in ten were obese. The analysis suggested men’s waist size was most closely tied
to their quality of life - as waists grew, wellbeing declined. Testosterone, on the other hand, was “only modestly” associated with quality of life, according to findings published in Age and Ageing. “It is really no surprise that obese men score worse than thin men on the SF-36,” Dr. Bradley Anawalt told Reuters Health in an email. But, he said, that particular questionnaire “is not designed to capture the quality of life issues that would relate to testosterone and men’s health.” Anawalt is an endocrinologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He was not involved in the new research. “If you are a generally healthy man with low testosterone levels, you will have a normal score on SF-36 because that questionnaire does not ask questions about sexual function and it does not quantify strength, bone mass and other organs or functions affected by testosterone,” Anawalt said. Andersen said that’s not just a problem with the questionnaire her team used. “There is a general agreement that no questionnaire may distinguish between patients with normal or low testosterone levels,” she said. “Many men with normal testosterone levels have bad scores and men with low testosterone levels have good scores.” That’s in part because men don’t necessarily feel different when they have low bone mass, one of the symptoms of low testosterone, for instance.
LAHORE—Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that education is essential for development and prosperity and only those nations have progressed which have attached top priority to the promotion of education. He was talking to Chairman Fortescue & Walk Free Foundation, Andrew Forrest during a meeting here on Monday. He said that problems like extremism and terrorism can also be countered through education. He said that Punjab government has taken revolutionary measures during the last five years for the uplift of education sector. He said that more than two lakh talented boy and girl students have been provided laptops on merit basis and students of seminaries have also been included in this programme so that they could also acquire modern knowledge. He said that state-of-the-art Daanish Schools of the standard of Grammar schools and Aitcheson College have been established in the backward districts of Punjab where students of extremely poor families are being imparted quality education free of cost. The Chief Minister said that Punjab government would welcome cooperation of the Australian group in energy, education and other sectors. Provincial Minister for Minerals Sher Ali Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Energy, Secretaries of Labour, Minerals and
Book on ‘Hospital Management’ launched STAFF REPORTER
Higher Education Departments, Honorary Consular in UAE for investment in Pakistan Raza Jaffar and officials of Fortescue & Walk Free Foundation were present on the occasion. The meeting decided to promote cooperation between Punjab
Punjab Minister for Population Welfare and Convener Special Review Committee on Women Package Begum Zakia Shahnawaz presiding over a meeting regarding implementation and future strategy of Women Package at Civil Secretariat.
Zakia: Women package a revolutionary programme OBSERVER REPORT
Islam Raja, Saba Sadiq, Member Provincial Assembly Hina Pervaiz Butt, Provincial Ombudswoman Dr. Mira Phailbus, representatives of Board of Revenue, Planning & Development, Finance, Higher Education, School Education, Health, Industries, Labour, Museum, ILO, SPO, Aurat Foundation and Shirkatgarh attended the meeting. Provincial Secretary Irum Bukhari gave a detailed briefing to the meeting on the Women Package. Addressing the meeting, Begum Zakia Shahnawaz said that the aim of setting up Women Development Department was to
bring women into mainstream of national development. She said LAHORE—Punjab Minister for that complete implementation of Women Package is being ensured Population Welfare and Conand under this package daycare vener Special Review Commitcentres and working women hostee on Women Package Begum tels are being set up with the colZakia Shahnawaz has said that laboration of concerned departWomen Package is a revolutionments throughout the province. ary programme, which would She said that huge funds are leave a far-reaching impact. being utilized for provision of She was presiding over a transport, toilet and other facilimeeting regarding implementaties in women colleges as well tion and future strategy of as construction of their boundary Women Package at Civil Secrewalls. She said that the scope tariat, today. of Women Package would be Provincial Secretary Irum extended in current and next Bukhari, members of the Special STAFF REPORTER financial year so that women Committee Dr Ayesha Ghaus, Dr could benefit at every level. LAHORE—Punjab University Nadia Aziz, Engineer Qamar-ulDirectorate of Students Affairs (STC) organized an Interdepartmental Quiz Competition at Centre for Undergraduate Studies Al-Raazi Hall. Almost 26 teams of various departments participated in the competition in which Schoool of Biological Sciences students Ashraf Hashmi and Ayesha Talib got 1st Position, Centre for Coal Technology students Humaira Ijaz and Qurat ul Ain grabbed 2nd position while Institute of Agricultural Sciences students Hafiz Umer Farooq and other student Umer Farooq and Pakistan Study Centre students Zia ul Haq and Muhammad Waseem Akram got 3rd position. The questions were asked from students on Seera-unNabi (S.A.W.W), General Science, History of Pakistan, Current Affairs, Geography (PakiLAHORE: Khwaja Ahmad Hasan with newly-elected office-bearers of Allama Iqbal Town stan & World) and Sports & EnMoon Market Jewellers Association during a ceremony in the provincial capital. tertainment.
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the top priority of the government. He said that Pakistan is facing serious energy crisis and sincere efforts are being made to cope with this problem as the dream of progress and prosperity cannot be realized without overcoming this problem.
coal-based power projects. He said that a comprehensive programme is also being implemented for elimination of forced labour. The Chief Minister constituted a four member committee for promoting cooperation with the Australian group in vari-
A delegation of Chairman Fortescue & Walk Free Foundation meeting with Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. government and Fortescue & Walk Free Foundation in education, energy, coal mining, elimination of forced labour and other sectors. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that Punjab government has taken solid measures for the promotion of education as well as information technology. He said that besides distribution of laptops among the youth, IT labs have been set up in more than five thousand high schools
a population of ten crore and 60 percent population of this province comprises youth between the age of 15 to 30 years. He said that provincial government is implementing a comprehensive programme for the empowerment of the youth. He said that besides striving for promotion of education the government is also trying to raise socio-economic standard of the life of the citizens. He said that creation of job opportunities is
Shahbaz Sharif said that electricity is of vital importance for industrial activities, creation of job opportunities and controlling the trend of extremism. He said that government is sparing no effort for overcoming energy problem and extremism through determination, commitment and collective thinking. He said that Punjab has vast reserves of coal which can be used for generation of electricity. He said that government is working on
ous sectors and directed the committee to submit practicable recommendations. Chairman Fortescue & Walk Free Foundation said that his organization wants to cooperate with Punjab in the elimination of forced labour and promotion of cooperation in education, energy and other sectors. He said that Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is striving for the welfare of the people of the province in the real sense.
Imran should do something practical instead of boasting OBSERVER REPORT
LAHORE—Provincial Minister LAHORE—The book “Hospital for Law, Rana Sanaullah Khan
Administrant and Management” written by Dr. Zia Ullah has been launched. The author of the book Dr. Zia Ullah, presently working as Additional Medical Superintendent in Lahore General Hospital, has more than 20 years practical experience in hospital administration. The author has adopted a comprehensive approach in designing this book and has included all the relevant aspects of hospital administration. Some newly emerging ideas have also been given due importance. The book provide guidelines to the hospital administrators to face the challenges of present day management issues of the hospitals and it serves as a practical guide for practicing hospital administrators and a text book for students of MHA and MPH. It would be the reader delight to find all the topics related to hospital administration at one place in a concise and logical manner. It is pertinent to mention here that there is hardly any book written by a Pakistan author on this topic which exhibits in its true sense the real challenges faced by hospital administrators now a days.
in the province. He said that a Knowledge Park is being established over 852 acres in Lahore where prestigious educational institutions of the world will set up their campuses. The Chief Minister said that Punjab is a big province having
has said that Imran Khan and his cronies are unwise politically and instead of boasting, they should do something practical. He said that instead of issuing statements from Rawalpindi and Lahore, Imran Khan should serve the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. He said that people are aware of the poor performance of KPK government. Commenting upon the statement of Imran Khan, Rana
Sanaullah Khan said that Imran Khan should inform the people about the eight months’ performance of KPK government before leveling baseless allegations against federal and Punjab government. He said that everyone is aware of the worst law & order situation and poor administrative performance in KPK. The Provincial Minister said that international institutions have acknowledged the speedy completion and transparency of development projects in Punjab. He said that after flop rally, Imran
LHC takes notice of assault, murder of student STAFF REPORTER LAHORE—Lahore High Court today took notice on a press report that a 5-year-old girl was murdered after assault. District & Sessions Judge, Hafizabad has been directed to look into the matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by the local police along with his own comments. According to details, a minor daughter of Abdul Rasheed, resident of suburban village Nidaal Kham who works in Greeks, was playing outside the house after returning from school when some
unidentified accused abducted her. They took her to an unknown place where they molested the ill fated girl and then strangled her to death. Later, they put her body in a bag and threw in a pound. Victim’s family was searching her desperately and on fourth day they found her body in pound. However, police registered a case and arrested one Faisal. LHC Complaint Cell took notice of the news on administrative side and directed the concerned D&SJ to look into the matter and submit report in a week.
Khan should know that people will not repose confidence in him again. Rana Sanaullah further said that Imran Khan does nothing except raising hue and cry of rigging. He said that prices of essential items are higher in KPK than other provinces of the country but PTI and Imran Khan have not made any effort for resolving this problem. He advised Imran Khan that instead of issuing statements, he should play his role for bringing the country out of quagmire of problems like a seasoned politicians.
LWMC reviews techs suitable for waste to PU expels six energy project
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LAHORE—As rapid progress on LAHORE—Punjab University the construction of Pakistan’s administration has expelled six more students for having found guilty of serious breach of the discipline of Punjab University and for violating the laws relating to the Code of Conduct of students and breach of undertakings submitted by them at the time of admission. The expelled students include Hafiz Wajid Ali, Nasir Ali, Adnan Akhter, Usama Ahmad Khan and Tahseen Yousaf of University Law College and Sohail Azam of Hailey College of Commerce. While Mr. Tayyab Shahzad of Hailey College of Commerce has been kept under probation for a period of three months.
Youth to play ideal role for national solidarity: Ch Shujaat MUZAFFAR ALI LAHORE—Pakistan Muslim League-Qauid-e-Azam (PMLQ) president senator Ch Shujat Hussain has said that youth were the precious asset of our party, youth had played unforgettable role in the Pakistan movement under the leadership of the Quaid-i-Azam, today youth should unite under the PML-Q flag play untiring and ideal role for safeguarding security and stability of Pakistan and transforming it into Pakistan of the Quaid-i-Azam. He said this while talking to a delegation of the PML-QYouth Wing which called on
him along with Central Secretary General Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed under the leadership of Youth Wing President Bilal Mustafa Sheerazi and newly-elected Secretary General Malik Shakeel Sikander at his residence here on Monday. Ch Shujat Hussain said that the youth wing members were the vanguard of the party and they were like backbone in the party, youth wing was the ideal wing and precious asset of the party organization of which was present all over the country. He said that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah were
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our role models and PML-Q was a nation-wide party only because of practising their principles. He maintained that along with the youth wing, women were also playing quite laudable role in the party. Handing over the notification of newly-elected Secretary General to Malik Shakeel Sikander, Ch Shujat Hussain said that the annual convention of the youth wing will be held in Islamabad in February. Delegation included Abid Chaudhry, Bilal Hassan, Sajid Chaudhry, Hassnain Naseer, Mutahir Ahmed, Amir Iqbal and Ehsan Shaikh among others.
first ever scientific waste disposal site at Lakhodair is underway, Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is reviewing various technologies suitable for its Waste to Energy project likely to be adopted in future. In this respect, a five member delegation of a US firm named ‘Princeton Environ Group’ visited LWMC here on Monday and briefed officials about ‘Recycling & Gasification’, a technology on which the company is considered to be an authority. Led by Peter Tien, Chief Executive Officer, delegation elaborated that use of this technology would help eliminate maximum waste through recycling of its recyclable components and conversion of its combustible parts into Refused Derived Fuel (RDF), an alternative of coal that can be used in cement industry. Even remaining ash can also be used in the manufacturing of bricks. The plant would have the capacity of processing 1035 tons of waste daily and that can generate 550 megawatt electricity daily. The feasibility study would require 2 to 3 months whereas installation and functioning of plant needs at least 3 years. The delegation also paid visit to LWMC’s under construction Sanitary Landfill Site at Lakhodair and dumpsite at Mehmood Booti. Speaking on the occasion, Managing Director LWMC Waseem Ajmal Chaudhary said that our experts and engineers are considering all technologies suggested by our international consultants and later on most suitable one will finally be adopted.