PIMS doctor seeks terror charges against colleague

-Brawl, life threats to Dr Raja Amjad land Dr Mutahir in trouble

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) witnessed an ugly situation as a brawl with PIMS Executive Director (ED) Dr Raja Amjad Mahmood landed Maternal and Child Health Centre (MCH) Director Dr Mutahir Shah into police custody.

According to the details, a first information report (FIR) was registered against Dr Mutahir Shah under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening the PIMS doctor of taking his life, soon after which he was arrested.

Sources privy to the development told Pakistan Today that Dr Mutahir came to the PIMS ED’s office and asked him to sign his Annual Confidential Report (ACR) on which the latter inquired how the former had acquired the confidential report and refused to sign it.

In response, they said, Mutahir told Amjad that he better sign it without asking any questions. “A few minutes later, the two began exchanging harsh words and expletives. How dare you refuse singing my ACR, you don’t even have the relevant degree to hold the PIMS ED position, Dr Mutahir said to the PIMS ED and left while warning the PIMS doctor of severe consequences,” they added.

They said that this was not an isolated incident as Dr Mutahir is known for his lunatic and irrational behaviour in the hospital about which many doctors and nurses complain regularly.

They said that the fact that he is a deputationist, has been residing illegally in the doctor colony since long, and has issues with senior doctors, could possibly make things worse for him.

In his complaint, the PIMS ED complained that MCH  Director Dr Mutahir had done the same thing three months ago for which he had been forgiven, adding that the recent incident had occurred in the presence of office staff who could testify if needed.

The FIR reads, “As soon as I left PIMS at 01:00 pm to attend the namaz-e-janaza of a friend in Rawalpindi, Dr Mutahir Shah called me and gave me life threats for the second time in three months, a recording of which is available in my phone. He then followed me in the vehicle until the old airport with clear intentions of physically assaulting me as he was carrying a weapon in the car. It is, therefore, requested that an FIR may be lodged against him under the Anti-Terrorist Act.”

Talking to Pakistan Today, ED PIMS Dr Raja Amjad said that he did not know what problem Dr Mutahir had as all the staffers had similar complaints against him.

He said that a meeting of all head of departments was held wherein, a unanimous resolution was passed for stern action against Dr Mutahir because he had serious behaviour problems.

To a question as what action could be taken against the tyrant doctor, he said that being the head of the hospital he did not want to get personal, therefore, he had filed an FIR and notified the Ministry of National Health Services & Regulations Secretary about the matter.

Despite repeated attempts, Dr Mutahir could be not reached for his comments on the issue and was later arrested.

However, earlier in a message via his personal Facebook account, he said, “I want to clear here that he (Dr Amjad) called the police guards. I am well aware of the fact that the police are only targeting and victimising me on a political basis, as my spirit is high and I will foil the nefarious designs of such cowards”.