Trainee doctors end strike

Published July 4, 2005

PESHAWAR, July 3: Trainee medical officers have called off their strike in the Khyber Teaching Hospital, the Lady Reading Hospital and the Hayatabad Medical Complex on Sunday after being assured that the summary for increase in their stipend would be approved in a few days.

The trainee medical officers complained that their colleagues in Punjab were getting Rs10,000 per month while they got Rs6,000.

The chairman of the Trainees Medical Officers’ Action Committee met the postgraduate medical institute dean on Sunday, who assured him that the summary regarding increase in the stipend had been sent to the chief minister and it would be approved in a few days.

The dean said a 300-room hostel was being built in the Hayatabad Medical Complex and funds had been allocated in the current ADP.

Opinion

Editorial

Impending slaughter
Updated 07 May, 2024

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Wheat investigation
07 May, 2024

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Naila’s feat
07 May, 2024

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Plugging the gap
06 May, 2024

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Terrains of dread
Updated 06 May, 2024

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Appointment rules
Updated 06 May, 2024

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.