Health practitioners suggested that the government should go for complete lockdown in major cities of Pakistan which were reporting more than eight per cent infectivity rate. AFP/File
LAHORE: The representatives of various medical and health organisations have blasted the government for delayed response towards third Covid spike and slow vaccination process and suggested it to immediately impose a complete lockdown in the cities reporting the highest infectivity ratio.
The senior office-bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association, the Paramedics Association, the Young Doctors Association Punjab and the Lady Health Workers Association briefed the media on the Covid situation, insufficient healthcare arrangements and government’s inability to handle the third peak of the virus.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan approves pay raise for protesting government employees
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Thursday Feb 11, 2021
The police had resorted to tear gas shelling after the protesters had made a move towards the Parliament. Photo: Online
Prime Minister Imran Khan approves 25% ad hoc increase in salaries of government employees
Govt also orders immediate release of arrested protesters
Two dozen government employees demanding pay raise were arrested by the Islamabad police a day earlier
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved an increase in the salaries of government employees a day after they protested in Islamabad.
Sources say a government negotiating team comprising Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan called on the premier Thursday.