Doctors Detained in Pakistan
Pakistan: Doctors, nurses baton-charged in Karachi, 23 taken to custody briefly
Karachi/IBNS: Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday baton-charged protesting doctors and nurses and also prevented them from marching towards the Chief Minister's House.
Twenty-three of them were detained for a brief period of time.
The young doctors and nurses have been protesting for regularisation of their jobs as they were appointed by the provincial government to deal with Covid-19 pandemic and resolution of issues being faced by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation-run hospitals, reports Dawn News.
The young doctors and nurses have been protesting for the regularisation of their jobs as they were appointed by the provincial government to deal with the #COVID19Pandemic and resolution of issues being faced by #Karachi Metropolitan Corporation-run hospitals. pic.twitter.com/2YGz6v9Hbc
— Andy Rose (@AndyPakOfficial) December 14, 2021
On Monday, the doctors and paramedics began their march from the Karachi Press Club and when they reached near Arts Council traffic intersection, a heavy contingent of police stopped them from moving further by placing barricades on the main roads, the Pakistani newspaper reported.
Vehicular movement on Din Mohammed Wafai Road and Sarwar Shaeed Road were closed as protesters were participating in a stage-in for several hours.
“The police resorted to baton-charge and manhandled the protesting doctors and nurses,” Dr Umer of the Young Doctors Association-Sindh told Dawn News.
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