JI challenges handing over PIMS to BoG
Jamate Islam (JI) has moved a resolution against handing over of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) under the Board of Governors (BoG).
JI has urged the upper house of the parliament to not pass the Medical Teaching Institute (MTI) Ordinance through which PIMS would be given under BoG. The resolution has been submitted by JI Amir Senator Sirajul Haq on Thursday.
The employees of Pims have been protesting against the MTI ordinance and alteration in the healthcare facility’s administrative structure for the past 25 days.
Grand Health Alliance (GHA) Chairman Dr Asfand Yar said that they would not let the government conduct another experiment about MTI after its failure in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). He added that their protest would continue until the government receded the ordinance.
Dr Yar criticised that the government was making people unemployed instead of providing employment.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2020.