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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45168)	12/10/2003 4:00:22 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

The authorities are detaining a director of the Kahuta Research Laboratories for questioning on suspicion of a role in Iran’s nuclear programme, Daily Times has learnt. Family friends said the director, Farooq Muhammad, had not been on duty since December 1. When asked to confirm the report, Foreign Office Director Azhar Elahi told Daily Times: “The people attached with sensitive programmes are governed by a stringent personnel dependability and debriefing programme. This is normal practice, especially in nuclear-weapons states. These people are aware of their responsibility in terms of the efficiency and conduct. Under the programme, individuals may have to undergo debriefing sessions.” When pressed to confirm whether or not Mr Muhammad had been detained, Mr Elahi said,” He has been detained for checking out certain facts.” It may be remembered that Bashiruddin Mehmood, another nuclear scientists, was arrested and grilled for several months by intelligence officials for alleged links with Osama bin Laden and remains under a sort of house arrest. And now this- Has the whole nation becxome a CIA agent- it would not have been a crime to help Iran befor 911.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45168)	12/10/2003 4:05:57 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and Indian Medical Association (IMA) have promised to exchange experts to benefit from each other’s expertise. “Both countries face similar problems in the health sector, which need to be tackled through the sharing of modern medical research,” the representatives of the PMA and IMA said on Monday, speaking at a joint press conference. The PMA, IMA and Forum of General Medical Practitioners of Pakistan (FGMP) arranged the conference. Referring to the Noor Fatima case, IMA President Dr Jagjeet Singh said Pakistan and India should exchange patients so that they could get better treatment. “The treatment of certain diseases can be offered at subsidised rates,” he said, adding that it would improve ties between the two countries. Dr Singh said that they had come to Pakistan on a goodwill mission to promote friendship through personal contact, exchange visits of medical experts and benefit from each other’s experiences. Dr Singh also called for visa restrictions to be relaxed to promote visits, adding that the visas should be issued for entire country rather than restricting permission to a few cities in both countries. The IMA representatives said that they would invite a Pakistani delegation of doctors and journalists and arrange a workshop, cultural programme and sightseeing visits in June. “We will also focus on environment issues,” they added. Replying a query, they said although free treatment was not provided in India, the country boasted good public and private healthcare systems at cheap rates. “Even the most complicated operations and surgeries cost patients not more than a few hundred rupees.” They said that the private hospitals offered 25 percent concessions to treat the poor. In India, they said, four consultants do a 24-hour duty even at primary health centres in remote areas because the government offered very good salaries to medical professionals. “We have state-of-the-art medical equipment in all public sector hospitals and health centers across the country.” They said that drugs prices were also very low in India, which had reduced the cost of the treatment of complicated diseases such as Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and cancer. To another question, they said the Indian government had also imposed a users’ charge in public sector hospitals, but the bulk of it was utilised to upgrade medical facilities in hospitals.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45168)	12/10/2003 4:23:00 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

global community pressures on my country to cut off from the past and grow up in the future Its happening on both sides of the border, Ike. This current ceasefire seems to be holding, will have see if it still holds in the April timeframe, when the snow has melted. Apparently, there is some concern about the Indians building a barbed wire fence on the LOC, to stop insurgents coming in. I will need to see more news items, and coverage, before I think it is an intrusion.