LAHORE, Sept 27: An 18-member committee constituted by the Punjab government to review service structure for doctors has called its ‘final’ meeting on Saturday (tomorrow).

Headed by Senator Ishaq Dar, the committee may announce its final decision for all cadres of doctors, a health department official said.

He said the committee had almost finalized the service structure draft wherein major and long-standing demands of the protesting young doctors had been accepted.

Representatives of Pakistan Medical Association, Young Doctors Association Punjab and Medical Teachers Association are also members of the committee besides senior government officials, including the health and finance secretaries.

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