Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) take part in a retreat at Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali’s house during the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad yesterday. SAARC leaders joined the retreat for informal talks after a ground-breaking bilateral meeting between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. (From L to R) Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Nepalese Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Jamali, Vajpayee, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley. (AFP)

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The Government Medical Officers Association has called to amend several areas in the proposed National Health Policy.
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