Doctor’s exorbitant fee at private clinics ruled Punjab Assembly
The house echoed with the sound of Waziray azam Nawaz Sharif & Alwida Alwida N-league Alwida”.
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LAHORE:
After the debate over curtailing exorbitant fee charged by specialist doctors at their private clinics the heat of both benches subsided when minister for industries, commerce & investment expressed his reservations and rest of the house unanimously agreeing to him, over not waiving penalties due after the deadline of property tax deposit.
The hot debate turned into insulting remarks when opposition legislators demanded the government to devise a policy for bringing down the exorbitant fee being charged between Rs.3000 to Rs.5000 from each patient.
However, the treasury legislators continued defending doctors adding why a specialist doctor could not charge the fee of Rs.1000 to Rs.2000 from each when a designer is charging Rs.50,000.
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PML-N’s Hassaan Riaz a parliamentary secretary for specialised healthcare and medical education turned aggressive while responding to a query asked by PTI Dr Nausheen Hamid regarding exorbitant fee by the doctors and demanded a policy should be devised by government so that poor people could get benefit from specialist doctors.
Riaz said ‘you people are non serious whose sit-ins ruined the country, these are the people who had suggested allocation of Rs.1 in health budget. Dr Nausheen said the speaker Riaz quoted their cut-motion.
Opposition leader Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed said the Speaker to rein him in. After that Riaz resorted that such a behavior will cost opposition leader direly.
PTI’s Mian Aslam Iqbal held responsible the Speaker for deliberately allowing such speeches delivered by Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan then snubbed the PS saying the cut motion is the right of opposition and you did not give a good reference.
After that opposition walked out from the House over the conduct of PS. Later, opposition came into House after PMLN’s ministers Sheikh Allauddin and Chaudhary Muhammad Shafique persuaded them on the direction of Speaker.
However, Allauddin assured the House not to use such words and body language next time.
Speaker said to PS to talk to department for curtailing fee if possible upon which PS assured they will effort to curtail the fee.
Later the temperature of the Assembly turned into cool atmosphere and legislators seemed united when PMLN’s minister Sheikh Allauddin expressed grave concern over not waiving penalties due after the deadline of property tax deposit.
He said the penalty could not be legally sustained when the actual amount of the tax has been reduced when an appeal is filed against such imposition.
He said they are receiving a lot of complaints and a committee be constituted on it to resolve the matters. PMLN’s Mian Tariq Mehmood seconded the minister while opposition benches also seconded Allauddin’s stance.
Upon which Ayesha Gaus Pasha the finance minister assured to see the matter in coming days. Upon which Allauddin requested the Speaker to ask finance minister to take up this matter within two or four days. Pasha said they worked a lot for facilities of business community.
Speaker ordered to hold a meeting in this week and resolve the matter.
After that opposition leader’s resolution was taken up out of turn which later was unanimously passed against the conduct of Indian in which Pakistan diplomats are being harassed.
He strongly condemned such incidents and demanded the government to raise this issue on international forums to bring Indian on right track.
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The House was adjourned for 15 minutes owing to non-availability of secretary health after PTI’s Asif Mehmood pointed out his absence.
The Speaker tried to run the House business but the pandemonium
in the House forced Speaker to adjourn House which after 15 minutes started when the secretary reached.
PMLN’s Muhammad Arshad Malik Advocate was also not satisfied over the answer of Chaudhary Muhammad Shafique minister for special education. Malik had questioned the special children are not being given good food upon which Shafique said the government is doing its best for the special children.
The legislators once again were at loggerheads when opposition leader Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, on point of order, lashed out at interior minister Ahsan Iqbal for not putting name of former PM into ECL. However, Speaker said what are you doing “I am not allowed, thank you very much, this is not a point of order”.
Later the Speaker called the next agenda item of adjournment motions but later prorogued the House for uncertain time. Treasury chanted slogans Waziray azam Nawaz Sharif, while opposition Alwida Alwida N-league Alwida”.
After the debate over curtailing exorbitant fee charged by specialist doctors at their private clinics the heat of both benches subsided when minister for industries, commerce & investment expressed his reservations and rest of the house unanimously agreeing to him, over not waiving penalties due after the deadline of property tax deposit.
The hot debate turned into insulting remarks when opposition legislators demanded the government to devise a policy for bringing down the exorbitant fee being charged between Rs.3000 to Rs.5000 from each patient.
However, the treasury legislators continued defending doctors adding why a specialist doctor could not charge the fee of Rs.1000 to Rs.2000 from each when a designer is charging Rs.50,000.
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PML-N’s Hassaan Riaz a parliamentary secretary for specialised healthcare and medical education turned aggressive while responding to a query asked by PTI Dr Nausheen Hamid regarding exorbitant fee by the doctors and demanded a policy should be devised by government so that poor people could get benefit from specialist doctors.
Riaz said ‘you people are non serious whose sit-ins ruined the country, these are the people who had suggested allocation of Rs.1 in health budget. Dr Nausheen said the speaker Riaz quoted their cut-motion.
Opposition leader Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed said the Speaker to rein him in. After that Riaz resorted that such a behavior will cost opposition leader direly.
PTI’s Mian Aslam Iqbal held responsible the Speaker for deliberately allowing such speeches delivered by Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan then snubbed the PS saying the cut motion is the right of opposition and you did not give a good reference.
After that opposition walked out from the House over the conduct of PS. Later, opposition came into House after PMLN’s ministers Sheikh Allauddin and Chaudhary Muhammad Shafique persuaded them on the direction of Speaker.
However, Allauddin assured the House not to use such words and body language next time.
Speaker said to PS to talk to department for curtailing fee if possible upon which PS assured they will effort to curtail the fee.
Later the temperature of the Assembly turned into cool atmosphere and legislators seemed united when PMLN’s minister Sheikh Allauddin expressed grave concern over not waiving penalties due after the deadline of property tax deposit.
He said the penalty could not be legally sustained when the actual amount of the tax has been reduced when an appeal is filed against such imposition.
He said they are receiving a lot of complaints and a committee be constituted on it to resolve the matters. PMLN’s Mian Tariq Mehmood seconded the minister while opposition benches also seconded Allauddin’s stance.
Upon which Ayesha Gaus Pasha the finance minister assured to see the matter in coming days. Upon which Allauddin requested the Speaker to ask finance minister to take up this matter within two or four days. Pasha said they worked a lot for facilities of business community.
Speaker ordered to hold a meeting in this week and resolve the matter.
After that opposition leader’s resolution was taken up out of turn which later was unanimously passed against the conduct of Indian in which Pakistan diplomats are being harassed.
He strongly condemned such incidents and demanded the government to raise this issue on international forums to bring Indian on right track.
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The House was adjourned for 15 minutes owing to non-availability of secretary health after PTI’s Asif Mehmood pointed out his absence.
The Speaker tried to run the House business but the pandemonium
in the House forced Speaker to adjourn House which after 15 minutes started when the secretary reached.
PMLN’s Muhammad Arshad Malik Advocate was also not satisfied over the answer of Chaudhary Muhammad Shafique minister for special education. Malik had questioned the special children are not being given good food upon which Shafique said the government is doing its best for the special children.
The legislators once again were at loggerheads when opposition leader Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, on point of order, lashed out at interior minister Ahsan Iqbal for not putting name of former PM into ECL. However, Speaker said what are you doing “I am not allowed, thank you very much, this is not a point of order”.
Later the Speaker called the next agenda item of adjournment motions but later prorogued the House for uncertain time. Treasury chanted slogans Waziray azam Nawaz Sharif, while opposition Alwida Alwida N-league Alwida”.