PMDC president holds position

ISLAMABAD: Serious questions are being raised on Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) president, who has retired on November 6, 2014, but is holding the position.
The Inquiry Committee Constituted by the Islamabad High Court regarding conflicts between the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination and PMDC has also been asked to look into the matter and stop the president PMDC from working.
Details reveal that Professor Masood Hameed was elected as Member of PMDC on seat of professors from Public Sector colleges and subsequently was elected as PMDC president. On November 6, 2014, he retired as professor but did not relinquish the charge as PMDC president and member. In the recent past, all those professors who were elected as PMDC members relinquished the charge of member PMDC on their retirement.
Sources told The News that Dr Zaheer Abbasi was elected as PMDC member as Federal Medical College principal, but on his retirement in 2014, he left the charge of member PMDC. Similarly, General Khaliq Naveed, ex-Dean Army Medical College, left the membership of PMDC Council on his retirement who was replaced by General Suliman, who too has retired on March 6, 2015, and has left the charge of member PMDC. The sources mentioned that similarly, Professor Iqbal was elected as member from Muzaffarabad but after his posting, he too left the charge of member PMDC.
Professor Masood Hameed did not give his response despite repeated efforts. An Sms was also sent on his cell number but was never replied till filing of this report. However, sources close to the PMDC President Masood Hameed told The News that on September 16, 2014, the Sindh Government issued a notification giving two years extension to Masood Hameed as Vice Chancellor Dow University of Health Sciences. A copy of the notification was also made available to The News. “When Masood Hameed is continuing as VC Dow University of Medical Sciences then how can he be questioned upon his retention of post of PMDC President,” sources close to the PMDC president held.
On the other hand, sources in Ministry of National Health, Regulation Services and Coordination held that Masood Hameed has retired as Professor but has been given extension as vice chancellor Dow University and not as professor because he has attained the age of 60 years; therefore, he cannot retain the post of PMDC president. The sources maintained that Hameed was elected under Section 3 (1) (h) of PMDC Ordinance 1962 on professor’s seat from Sindh’s public sector medical colleges and once he is no more a professor he cannot retain his seat as member and president PMDC. An inquiry committee constituted by the Islamabad High Court is already looking into the issue.