TAXILA: A doctor deputed at the medical camp at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal to facilitate Sikh pilgrims was suspended after the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) officials found him absent from his duty and sleeping in his room, sources said.

ETPB Secretary Fareed Iqbal paid a surprise visit to the medical camp established to facilitate the international and local Sikh pilgrims attending the Baisakhi festival at Gurdwara Punja Sahib on Sunday evening and found the doctor deputed at the medical camp absent.

Later, the doctor was found asleep in his room. Subsequently, he was suspended, and a departmental action was initiated against the medical official for negligence of duty.

Published in Dawn, April 16th, 2024