QUETTA, May 12: Dr Mazar Khan Baloch of the United Raising Group and Dr Aziz Leghari have been elected as president and general secretary of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Balochistan, respectively.

Results of the provincial PMA’s polls were announced at a press conference on Sunday.

Other office-bearers include Dr Sultan Zaideen, vice-president (urban); Dr Khan Mohammad Baloch, vice-president (rural); Dr Abdullah Nashanas, joint-secretary (urban); Dr Saghir Baloch, joint secretary (rural) and Dr Mohammad Yousaf Nasar, finance Secretary, whereas Dr Akhtar Sheikh was elected as chairman field operations.

Speaking at the press conference the newly-elected PMA chief said that doctors in the province were facing many problems, and despite association’s efforts the government had failed to redress their grievances.

He flayed the targeted killings of doctors in Karachi, Lahore and other areas of the country, and said that such incidents created a sense of insecurity among the doctors.