Female doctors demand govt jobs

Female doctors who passed the Provincial Public Service Commission examination in 2007 demand jobs.

KARACHI: Female doctors, who have passed the Provincial Public Service Commission examination in 2007 for the Sindh Population Welfare Department, held a protest on Saturday to demand jobs. The protesters demanded the population department give them seats and issue appointment letters.

The doctors said that their result was announced on March 5, 2008, and they have yet to receive their appointment letters as the government said that there is no space in the department.

Of a total of 5,000 candidates who gave the exam,  only 135 cleared both the exam and the interview. Fifteen of these shortlisted candidates appealed to the Supreme Court to secure positions and they succeeded, according to the court order, which allowed them to start work from July 8 this year. However, 120 doctors are still waiting for their appointments.

“We have a right to be appointed the same way as those who were appointed by the Supreme Court orders,” said Dr Farzana, who hails from Haripur.

Even though the department said there are no vacancies, they have published fresh ads for the same posts that were advertised in 2007, she added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2010.