The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Balochistan chapter on Monday announced an indefinite extension in their strike against targeted killings and kidnappings of doctors, citing a lack of response from the government as the reason for the move.
Earlier, the PMA had called for a three-day strike across Balochistan’s public hospitals and clinics to protest against the abduction of Dr Saeed Ahmed Khan and the targeted killing of two other doctors.
However, due to the lack of response from the government, the strike continued on Monday.
The doctors claimed that the government had neglected the issue of Dr Khan’s abduction and the targeted killings of doctors despite the strike.
The protesting doctors took out a rally from the PMA House to the Governor’s House, where they staged a sit-in.
The patients continue to suffer due to the tussle between the government and the doctors and hundreds of them had to return untreated on Monday owing to the absence of doctors in public hospitals.