Abbottabad doctors’ strike enters third day
Medical practitioners demand withdrawal of professional tax
File photo of young doctors protesting.. PHOTO: INP/FILE
ABBOTABAD:
The doctors of the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital Abbottabad continued with their strike on Tuesday for the third consecutive day, protesting against the levy of professional tax.
No allied health services except for emergency was provided at the hospital. The protesting doctors also staged a rally and threatened the government to expand their strike and block the main Karakoram Highway (KKH) if the health department did not take steps to meet their demands.
Addressing the protesters, PDA President Dr Moazzam Khan and others criticised the imposition of professional tax on doctors and said that the deduction has been made in contempt of court as the Peshawar High Court had issued a stay order.
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