ISLAMABAD:
Five hospitals’ employees in the federal capital gathered in front of National Press Club (NPC) on Saturday, protesting against freezing of the health risk allowance by the finance division.
They announced during the demonstration that they would go on strike, if their issues are not resolved before Eid.
The health risk allowance was approved by the PPP Government in 2011, after a 35 day protest at D Chowk, Islamabad.
Since the last few days, employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Polyclinic, Capital Hospital, Federal General Hospital and National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine have been criticizing the government for seizing the allowance.