Second of conjoined twins dies today

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ISLAMABAD: A girl who survived conjoined head surgery passed away today at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Khiliq-u-Zaman told the media that the operation of the conjoined twins lasted 12 hours. To save one's life, the other’s was scarified, the doctor added.

He further said that the one who survived after surgery was kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on ventilators. But she could not survive either and died today.

Rs. 600,000 were provided for the twins' surgery on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari.

Former interior minister Naseerullah Babar dies

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KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party leader and former interior minister Naseerullah Babar died in Peshawar early Monday morning.

The former minister was under treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Peshawar, for a stroke.

The funeral prayer for Babar will be offered today in Nowshera.

He served as governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1975-1977 and as interior minister during Benazir Bhutto’s second government from 1993-1996.