Dr Ishratul Ibad Institute First batch

First batch of Dr Ishratul Ibad Institute completes BDS training
Karachi: The first batch of Dr Ishratul Ibad Institute of Oral and Dental Health Sciences, comprising 50 students, has successfully completed their Bachelors course in Dental Surgery (BDS). Vice Principal of the Institute Dr Mirza Mohammad Shakir on Friday said the students have been assigned house-job responsibilities at the dental hospital of the institute. He said the institute, a component of Dow University of Health Sciences, on completion of its second year, was allowed to grant admissions to 100 students in its following academic sessions. "It was on the basis of its performance," said Dr Shakir. The strategy, he said, has helped country to meet its needs for dental surgeons as well as dental technicians and dental hygienists. The institute, he said is also the only institute in the country where post graduation level training is being imparted in both dentistry related clinical sciences as well as in basic dental sciences. The dental hospital of the institute is also providing quality dental care treatment facilities at extremely subsidised rates and often free to those in need, said Dr Shakir. app

Medical students boycott exam
Hyderabad: The students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences boycotted examination on Friday following exchange of hot words between teachers and students, who were caught red-handed using unfair means, according to university officials.

The incident took place at the bio-chemistry department, which led to boycott after police briefly detained the two students.

The other students sitting in the examination centre boycotted the paper to express solidarity with the two students and ransacked the centre.

The enraged students then held a demonstration at the gate of the campus but no responsible officer turned up there to pacify them.

This added to the anger and the students left the gate, staged a sit-in on the Indus Highway and burnt tyres to block traffic.

Fayaz Rajpar, Mehboob Noonari and other protesting students said that a heavy contingent of police had been deployed in the university without any reason to intimidate students.

They alleged that the teachers of bio-chemistry department had falsely accused the two students of copying because of their personal enmity.

They said that police had tortured the students and aimed guns at them which forced them to boycott the paper.

Jamshoro Additional DPO Khawar Shaikh later held negotiations with students and persuaded them to call off the protest.

Later, the students met the university registrar, Mohammad Saleh Rajar, director of academic Prof Shafi Mohammad Jatoi and director of students affairs, Dr Murtaza Dayo.

The registrar said that no student was arrested and stressed that no student would be allowed to use unfair means in examination. A committee would be appointed to investigate the matter, he said.