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Pakistan: Army Bans Pashto In Army Public Schools

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In a recent crackdown against one of Pakistan’s largest ethnic minorities, the Pakistan Army has banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, reported local media.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:  In a recent crackdown against one of Pakistan’s largest ethnic minorities, the Pakistan Army has banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, reported local media.

As it has been banned now in many schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, students have been warned they would be fined if caught speaking in the language. Several Pakistani journalists and political activists on social media condemned the move and said that the ban must be highlighted and stopped.

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In a statement, the head of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Manzoor Pashteen said in response to this action: “Pashto has been removed from the media, curriculum, justice and politics for a long time, but in many schools, it is also forbidden to speak Pashto normally. We should learn many languages, but no one will ever ban Pashto, our mother tongue,” local media reported.

Pashteen further added and said that the national identity of the people will be lost if the language is lost by any means.

Earlier as well, the intellectuals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have urged the Pakistan government to declare Pashto as the medium of instruction in schools, however the recent crackdown on language has sparked immense outrage across the nation.

Besides Peshawar, literary and cultural organisations in Swat, Malakand, Buner, Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Karak and other tribal districts have organised events repeatedly to mark the importance of the mother tongue, Dawn reported.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Uttar Pradesh: Hospital Sealed For Allegedly Transfusing Fruit Juice Into Dengue Patient

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A private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has been sealed for allegedly transfusing fruit juice instead of blood platelets into a dengue patient who died later, according to an official.

Prayagraj:  A private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has been sealed for allegedly transfusing fruit juice instead of blood platelets into a dengue patient who died later, according to an official.

A probe was ordered after the incident came to light in which, according to Additional Chief Medical Officer, Dr AK Tiwari, “some irregularities” were found.

“CMO ordered a probe after the patient died. In the probe, some irregularities were found. It has been sealed till the probe is completed,” the additional CMO said on Thursday.

“It is a matter of probe. The probe will take action. The complainant has filed an FIR.”

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak assured strict action against the hospital if found guilty. He said that the platelets packet has been sent for testing.

“Taking cognizance of the viral video of Jhalwa-based Global Hospital offering ‘Mossami’ juice to a dengue patient in place of platelets in the district Prayagraj, the hospital has been immediately sealed and the platelets packet has been sent for testing. If found guilty, strict action will be taken against the hospital,” Pathak tweeted in Hindi.

However, according to the owner of the hospital, Saurabh Mishra, the platelets were brought by the attendants of the patient.

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“The attendants were given the slip to bring platelets. They brought 5 units of platelets in the evening. When 3 units were used, there was a reaction on the patient, we stopped the transfusion. The platelets that were brought by the attendants of the patient were transfused to the patient. It belonged to the SRN Blood Bank. The hospital has no responsibility for it,” he said.

Stating that the hospital does not have the authority to test the platelets, he held the attendants responsible for bringing the platelets.

“We do not have the authority to test the platelets to verify their validity. We do not test the platelets that the attendants bring. How is the hospital responsible if the attendants fetch the wrong platelets? It should be the responsibility of the attendants to ascertain whether they are authentic,” he said.

“We had referred the patient to the higher centre after the attendants requested following the deterioration in the patient’s health. The patient had not died here, the death happened two days later in another hospital,” Mishra added.
Further probe into the matter is underway.

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