Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the Capital Administration and Development Division to immediately dispatch a team of doctors and paramedical staff along with an ambulance with requisite medicines so that on the spot medical assistance can be provided to the participants of long march gathered in Islamabad.
These directions were given by the Prime Minister to extend medical assistance to the women, children and those who are weak and exposed to the vagaries of weather.
Meanwhile according to reports people among the march participants have started falling sick due to severity of cold.