The dismissal of 22 assistant professors from Lady Reading Hospital was also condemned
\n PESHAWAR
\nThe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Doctors Council has strongly rejected the imposition of professional tax on doctors by the provincial government, terming it \u201ccruel and unjust.\u201d
\nIn a joint press conference held at the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) here on Wednesday, representatives of various doctors\u2019 associations demanded immediate withdrawal of the decision and warned of province-wide protests if their demands are not met.
\nSpeaking to the media, Council President Dr. Majid, along with Dr. Janbaz Afridi from People\u2019s Doctors Forum, Dr. Adil from Young Doctors Association, Dr. Waseem Malgari Doctors, and others, criticized the deduction of professional tax directly from doctors\u2019 salaries in Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs), saying the Excise and Taxation Department\u2019s letters in this regard should be withdrawn without delay.
\nA three-member committee has been formed by the Council to negotiate with the government, and the Council has demanded that all actions related to tax deductions be halted until a resolution is reached.
\nThey called for an increase in doctors\u2019 salaries, including those of house officers, trainee medical officers, and medical officers, in line with rising inflation in the provincial budget.
\nThe doctors also asked the provincial government to abolish heavy fines imposed by the Healthcare Commission and end the harassment of doctors over drug sales licenses, with full implementation of the relevant court orders.
\nThe representatives of the council lamented that no new jobs for doctors have been advertised by the Public Service Commission since 2017, which he termed an injustice. The Council demanded immediate job advertisements and recruitment of new doctors through PSC.
\nThe doctors also criticized the functioning of MTI hospitals, demanding:
\nRecruitment and promotion processes in MTIs are aligned with PMDC standards instead of decisions made by Policy Boards.
\nThe Council also expressed serious reservations over a recent statement by the Chief Secretary that doctors\u2019 promotions were being evaluated based on the performance of the Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU).
\nThey demanded that promotions be made solely on the basis of Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs).
\nThe dismissal of 22 assistant professors from Lady Reading Hospital was also condemned, with the doctors calling for their immediate reinstatement.
\nDoctor council president Dr. Majid warned that if these grievances were not addressed promptly, the doctors\u2019 community would be left with no choice but to launch a province-wide protest movement, for which he said the provincial government would be held entirely responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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