ISLAMABAD: The recent wave of protest by the Young Doctors Association started after the federal government failed to issue a notification on the Health Personnel Pay Scale.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday approved a summary on the new career path for the health professionals under which the pay-scale of young doctors joining the government service in grade-9 will be equivalent to BPS-18 with a minimum monthly salary of Rs75,000.

“There is no notification from the federal government and the same has been conveyed to us by the Pims administration,” Dr Owais Nizami told Dawn.

Some 14 leaders of YDA have been observing strike for the last about three weeks, almost crippling working at Pims. — Staff Reporter