The government on Monday reported new bird flu cases in poultry farms in Sindh and the North West Frontier Province. “Two to three days back we found traces of H5N1 virus in small poultry farms in Sindh and the NWFP,” said Mohammad Afzal, Commissioner for Livestock at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.“We have culled all the birds at these farms and disinfected the area.”He said some 300 to 350 birds had been culled at one farm but did not say how many H5N1 cases of bird flu had been discovered.Since late last year, outbreaks of avian flu have swept from Asia to Britain, as well as touching Egypt and Nigeria.Mr Afzal said quarantine and vaccination measures were also being used in and around the affected farms.Pakistan first detected the H5N1 strain of the virus in Feb 2006 in the NWFP and ordered about 40,000 birds culled.Since 2003, the H5N1 virus has killed at least 170 people around the globe and experts fear it could mutate into a form that could jump easily between people and cause a pandemic.
Courtesy: Dawn
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Iran condemns sectarian attacks against Pakistan Shiites
Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the deadly sectarian attacks by hardliners against Shiite Muslims in northwest Pakistan.
In a statement, spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that such acts committed by sectarian elements served ambitions of "forces outside the region".
"Such incidents and continuation of clashes are a cause of concern," he said in reference to clashes in Pakistan tribal town of Parachinar.
Officials said 40 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in the fightings erupted after gunmen fired on a procession in Parachinar, about 250 km south-west of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Authorities on Friday imposed a curfew and troops started patrolling to restore order. Authorities have ordered shoot-at-sight if anyone violate curfew.
Hosseini expressed the hope that with the measures taken by the government of Pakistan and their enhancement, calm will be restored in the area and clashes will be curbed.
Courtey: IRNA
In a statement, spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that such acts committed by sectarian elements served ambitions of "forces outside the region".
"Such incidents and continuation of clashes are a cause of concern," he said in reference to clashes in Pakistan tribal town of Parachinar.
Officials said 40 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in the fightings erupted after gunmen fired on a procession in Parachinar, about 250 km south-west of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Authorities on Friday imposed a curfew and troops started patrolling to restore order. Authorities have ordered shoot-at-sight if anyone violate curfew.
Hosseini expressed the hope that with the measures taken by the government of Pakistan and their enhancement, calm will be restored in the area and clashes will be curbed.
Courtey: IRNA
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