MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq has said that disciplinary action had been initiated against some doctors of the public-sector Cardiac Hospital here for dereliction of duties.
The action has been initiated after an inquiry into the alleged negligence by the doctors at the Muzaffarabad Cardiac Hospital. The PM made these comments during the meeting of the AJK Legislative Assembly.
Why action against doctors?
While participating in the debate on the resolution moved by ex-premier Raja Farooq Haider Khan on the floor of the Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Haq said that the cardiac hospital is fully operational, and the government has conducted an inquiry against some doctors over the death of a citizen during treatment, according to an AJK government official statement.
The PM said that it was absolutely inappropriate to create a sort of impression that institutions have become inactive or dysfunctional.
He further told the session that the government has formed a “task force” to deal with the challenges of climate change, like flash floods and droughts in the AJK.
The task force, he added, would submit its recommendations in the next two weeks. He said that protection of forests has been ensured to combat climate change and mitigate its impacts. He said that marking refugees’ identity cards was an excellent proposal.
On the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), the Prime Minister said that the consultation process was under way, which would be completed in the next few days with due advice from the Leader of the Opposition.
He said the basic requirement of the constitution was that the delimitation of Constituencies should be based on the census and in accordance with the Election Act.
The PM said that the government would get the census data from NADRA. “There is a need for a door-to-door vote verification of the refugees settled in Pakistan,” he opined.
He said some resolutions have been sent to the Bureau of Statistics. “One of those pertained to the inclusion of local languages in the list of languages during the census,” the PM said, and added that there was also a demand for incorporating a separate box for the proper identification of refugees from Jammu and Kashmir.
