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.

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...