Nursing students refusal to be part of Sindh board

KARACHI division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) Tuesday issued notices in a petition filed by 13 Nursing students against Nursing Board’s refusal to enroll them for appearing in 1st year examination.The bench comprising Chief Justice of SHC Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi issued notices to respondents Secretary Health Sindh, Registrar Pakistan Nursing Council, Director Nursing Board, Administrator of BurraqSchool of Nursing, federal and provincial law officers.The students through their counselIshrat Ghazali submitted that they have got admission for three year nursing study in the institution. Now, after completion of 1st year study, they have come to know that they would not be allowed to appear in the forthcoming examination by Sindh Nursing Board due to affiliation dispute between the board and the institution.The petitioner submitted that, they had contacted the Administrator of the school and concerned board but no satisfactory action has been taken so far.They prayed to the court to order the respondents to allow them to appear in the exam, to be held in December 2011.SHC disallows human rights campaigner from practicing lawKARACHI (PPI): Sindh High Court Tuesday disallowed human rights campaigner, Syed Iqbal Kazmi, from practicing law under grab of Attorney of Power accorded to him by Afaq Ahmed, Chairman of his own faction of Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi.Iqbal Kazmi moved miscellaneous application in petition already filed by Afaq Ahmed, wherein he requested for order to IG Police Sindh to disclose details of cases lodged or pending against MQM-H Chairman.Applicant, Iqbal Kazmi submitted Afaq had already disengaged his counsels from his petition because legal advisor of his party, Advocate Sohail Anjum, was killed & other lawyers engaged were also being harassed. He prayed to pass order for production of petitioner to personally plea his petition.A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam, ordered: “Syed Muhammad Iqbal Kazmi is not a counsel, he cannot be allowed practice of law under grab of Power of Attorney.APP.