PNC relieves deputationist staff on charges of forgery
The Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) has sent a deputationist employee to his parent department after an inquiry into the tampering with the council’s record.
According to documents available with The Express Tribune, nursing instructor Mushtaq Soomro, who was serving as a deputationist at the PNC, changed the record of Hyderabad Institute of Medical and Allied Sciences and issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the Hyderabad College of Nursing instead.
Sources confirmed that the PNC has done away with the services of deputationist Mushtaq Soomro, who was facing charges of tampering with the council’s record, and his services have been returned to the College of Nursing Jamshoro, his parent department.
The complainant, Dr Alamdar, who is the owner of the Hyderabad Institute of Medical and Allied Sciences, accused Mushtaq Soomro of demanding money from him for the extension of the registration of his college with the council.
The complainant told The Express Tribune that he has presented all evidence to the PNC inquiry committee headed by Bakhtiar Ali Shah.
According to sources, the complainant has requested the inquiry committee that the registration of the Hyderabad Institute of Medical and Allied Sciences should be restored because the council had suspended the registration of the institution and stopped new admissions after the record tampering incident came to light.
The sources said that the inquiry committee has completed the investigation and a report will be submitted to the health ministry this week.
Sources also said that nursing inspector Mushtaq Soomro has rejected the allegations against him.
According to the sources, the health ministry has also sought a separate report on the record tampering issue.
The sources said that the Hyderabad College of Nursing has started admissions without registration with the PNC, although the council had withheld the registration letter of the college concerned.
Dr Alamdar said that he has told the inquiry committee that the Hyderabad College of Nursing has shifted the students of his institute while taking advantage of the tampered record provided to it by Mushtaq Soomro. On the other hand, Mushtaq Soomro said that the inquiry committee neither called him for a probe nor has he received any letter in this regard.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2022.