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Islamabad Doctors Protest

Image: Doctors Wake Up Movement Twitter page video grab

NLE protest: Pakistan police lathicharge demonstrating doctors

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Oct 06, 2021, at 11:45 pm

#Islamabad #IslamabadDoctorsProtest #DoctorsProtest

Islamabad: Doctors protesting against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) on Wednesday continued their demonstration and announced to boycott the Outdoor Patient Departments (OPDs) across the country.

The young doctors decided to carry on their protest against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) in the face of their arrests by the administration and police torture on them, reports The Nation.

The withdrawal of all the OPD's services across the country against the brutality of PMC Islamabad & Islamabad Police. That was just power show outside PMC Head Office Islamabad.Our struggle against NLE will continue with more power and pressure.#WeRejectNLE #DoctorsLongMarch pic.twitter.com/iXtS8leuuz
— Doctors Wake-Up Movement🚩 (@DWMOfficial) October 6, 2021

Doctors Wake Up Movement tweeted: "The withdrawal of all the OPD's services across the country against the brutality of PMC Islamabad & Islamabad Police. That was just power show outside PMC Head Office Islamabad.Our struggle against NLE will continue with more power and pressure."

Islamabad Police on Tuesday arrested 20 demonstrators who allegedly entered the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) building in G-10 Sector.

The brutality of the government has just started, doctors and future of Pakistan are bleeding in Lahore.#ProtestAgainstNLE pic.twitter.com/EsC7dCh5Bz
— Doctors Wake-Up Movement🚩 (@DWMOfficial) August 27, 2021

Police used lathi-charge and tear-gas against the protesting doctors, reported The Nation.

The ICT police also brought water canon to counter the protesters, the newspaper reported.

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