Ebola ( Congo Virus ) Strikes Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar

Govt not prepared to prevent outbreak.

PESHAWAR: Two suspected Congo virus patients died in Hayatabad Medical Complex’s isolation ward. The deceased were Afghan nationals who had come to the city for medical assistance.

HMC medics said Muhammad Hashim was admitted to the facility on Tuesday. His blood samples were taken and he was shifted to an isolation ward where he passed away during the early hours of Wednesday. Similarly, 20-year-old Zahir, a resident of Jalalabad, Afghanistan was brought to HMC on June 5 and passed away on June 8 before he could be diagnosed with the virus.

The two cases push the tally of suspected Congo carriers brought to the hospital from the neighbouring country to four this year. The deaths have put the provincial government on alert as the province and tribal areas are at risk.



The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has taken all preventive measures to counter Congo virus, however, the number of suspected patients arriving from Afghanistan has set alarm bells ringing.

Talking to The Express Tribune, K-P Health Services Director General Dr Pervez Kamal said no case of Congo virus has been reported in the province so far and that “all measures have been taken to ensure the virus does not spread.”

“All necessary steps have been taken. We have collected blood samples of patients as well as their family members and forwarded them to the federal capital for examination.” He said that while results are awaited, even suspected carriers are kept in isolation ward.

Over the past few months, the number of patients at HMC from across the border with symptoms similar to those of the virus has increased.

Earlier, 30-year-old Abdul Saboor, a resident of Kabul, Afghanistan, was shifted to an isolation room on similar grounds. Qudratullah, hailing from Mazar-e-Sharif, was also admitted and his blood samples were obtained. However he left the hospital soon after. Test results of both individuals are still awaited.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 11th, 2015.
source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/901458/in-isolation-suspected-congo-virus-carriers-die-at-hmc/

Afghanistan Wants UN to Stop Pakistan Digging Trenches on Durand Line in Baluchistan Pashtuns Belt.

Afghanistan is Digging its historical Records of Durand line Agreement on 11 Sept 1893 , between British Government and Afghanistan which was Ad-hoc Agreement and was made Null and Void in 1947 After India Partition Agreement 1947. 

Pakistan Accepts the Same Lord Curzon Agreement of Durand Line while Afghanistan does not till today.

IT is Interesting the Durand line Agreement was made from Gilgit Area Starting in North to Pakhtunkhwa and FATA Area but the Area of Baluchistan was not mentioned in it , which Makes a new Dimension and this is Where the Trenches are being Dug by Pakistan Army. 

Neither the Khan of Kalat Baluchistan was Not Present in Agreement and or Party to it , Making this Bilateral Agreement between Durrani Pashtun kings 1757-1980 and British and not Between Pakistan or Independent Baluchistan which was Status of Baluchistan . So this Agreement is now Part of new Dispute to Arise . 

This new Miss- adventurer will lead to a New dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan and May Involve Baluchistan Independence via UN. 

By Tahir Khan 

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a commission to ‘assess and investigate’ Pakistan’s plan to dig out trenches along the border with Afghanistan.

“As reports suggest, the Pakistani forces have started digging trenches along the artificial Durand Line, the president of Afghanistan has formed a team of ministers and officials to investigate the matter,” said a statement posted on Karzai’s website.

According to the statement, Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister will head the commission which will also comprise deputy foreign, defence and border and tribal affairs ministers. Technical experts will also be part of the team.

“The team will examine all relevant documents and historical evidence to determine the status of the excavations and will submit a report as soon as possible,” it said.

Frontier Corps (FC) in Balochistan had earlier said the proposed 480-kilometre-long trenches were aimed at curbing ‘cross-border incursions’ of terrorists and smugglers into Pakistan.

According to the FC, nearly 235-km of the trench have already been dug and the remaining part is expected to be completed by October 30.

Talking to Voice of America (VoA), Pakistan Army’s spokesman Major-General Asim Saleem Bajwa said the project was part of administrative and security measures Pakistan had undertaken to secure the border with Afghanistan.

“We have to protect and secure our borders. So, anything that is done on this side of the border remaining within our own area is very much legal,” VoA quoted Bajwa as saying on Sunday.

However, as there is no let-up in Pak-Afghan tensions over cross-border attacks, the issue of trenches could vitiate the already tense relationship.

Afghan lawmakers have also opposed digging of trenches and said the issue will be taken to the UN and other international forums.

Members of the Senate of Masharanu Jirga claimed the move is aimed at “dividing the Pashun living on both sides of the Durand Line,” Pajhwok news agency reported on Sunday.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2014.

source : http://tribune.com.pk/story/762395/karzais-commission-afghan-panel-to-dig-out-truth-about-trenches/