the FIR is registered by the order of the court against Masood Hameed, Amjad, Ajmal and Iqbal Khattak. In this murder case two other names are also involved, Dr Imdad Khushk and Dr Shaista,” said the PMA leaders.
They said that in the past they were always concerned about stories of financial corruption and mismanagement in the PMDC affairs, but now a case of murder had been lodged against the council’s president and his frontmen.
“The Pakistan Medical Association thinks that enough is enough. We do not have any trust in the Ministry of Health and the federal government as they have miserably failed to address the issues of the PMDC.
“It looks that the Ministry of Health is not only not trying to solve this mystery but also protecting the criminals and suggesting a dialogue with them to settle the longstanding issues of the PMDC. Dozens of cases are pending in the apex court to be heard and decided.”
They further said: “The PMA has always asked for the restructuring of the PMDC according to the rules and regulations. But the people ruling the roost do not care for anything. They are flouting the rulings of the Supreme Court with impunity, not paying any attention to the recommendations of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, recommendations of the Ministry of Health etc.”
The PMA demanded that “the incompetent minister of health should also resign with immediate effect because she has miserably failed to protect the life of a doctor”.
It said the names of those nominated in the FIR should be put on the exact control list, and the murder case should be taken up by a military court for speedy justice.
The association also called for a thorough investigation in the alleged “corrupt practices going on since a long time in the PMDC” by the FIA as well as for referring the cases to military courts.
The PMA said the present structure of the PMDC should be immediately dissolved in accordance with the recommendations of the Standing Committee and the Ministry of Health, and an ad hoc arrangement should come in place to resolve day-to-day issues of the council till an elected body took over.
The association particularly appealed to Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and ISI chief Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar “to save an important national institution” from a vested interest group. It also asked Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar to look into the matter and play his due role in this regard.
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