Bureau Report
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal said on Saturday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and Prime Minister Imran Khan are neglecting the issues of the healthcare sector, warning the government that his party will soon start a “Punjab Bachao” movement.
The PML-N leader was speaking at a press conference where he said that after meeting and listening to the problems of the doctors across the country, he was quite concerned about the medical fraternity. Criticising the promulgation of Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Ordinance 2019, through which the government oversees the performance of the medical and dental practice in the country and formulates policies, Iqbal said his party will raise their voice against it in the parliament. He said that the country is not only for the elite class and the government is on a spree to privatise healthcare facilities.
“Pakistan is not for the rich only, it is for 22 crore Pakistanis, whose majority is living below poverty line courtesy Imran Khan,” he said. Referring to his conversation with the Young Doctors Association members, he said that their concerns were well-founded and the government needs to look into their issues and resolve them. The PML-N leader said that 6,000 postgraduate doctors of the country, who have experience from public hospital practice, are not having their qualifications recognized by the current government.
