Doctors in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) demonstrated on Wednesday against PM Imran Khan-led government after they were not given regularisation and post-graduation admission.

"We have gathered here to protest against being denied regularisation and post-graduation admission. The district administration is dead. This is an insult to doctors. We will take the necessary steps," one of the protesting doctors told ANI.

"The protest is related to contract regularisation that was passed in 2020. It has yet not been signed. We have been made to wait since March 9. They are not even disclosing the reason behind this delay. Doctors have been working for a long time and they have not been regularised yet. We visited many offices and officials but they have not responded on the matter. This is why we are protesting," said another protestor.

Speaking about the dearth of tertiary hospitals in Gilgit Baltistan, a doctor told ANI, "Shame on the administration, there are around 40-50 doctors who passed part 1 and are yet not placed anywhere. The reason behind this is the absence of tertiary hospitals in Gilgit Baltistan."

(IBNS)