Hyderabad: Pakistan Medical Association has condemn the abduction of doctors and has given 24 hours ultimatum to recover kidnapped doctors otherwise they will suspend activities in all government hospitals, if the concerned authorities failed in safe recovery of kidnapped surgeons Dr. Aftab Qureshi and Dr. Faisal Iftikhar.
Speaking in a news conference at Hyderabad Press Club on Monday, the Secretary PMA Sindh, Dr. Hadi Bux Jatoi, announced the holding of general body of the association to plan further strategy to pressurize the government for the protection of the lives of doctors.
Dr. Hadi Bux Jatoi has condemned the kidnapping of Surgeon Aftab Qureshi on his way between Karachi and Hyderabad and Dr. Faisal Iftikhar from Gulshan-e-Hadeed Karachi on Sunday evening.
He said that earlier armed dacoits robbed the houses of Professor Dr. Fasih Hashmi, Dr. Irshad Shah and Dr. Zahid Shaikh but no severe action was initiated against the culprits.
Meanwhile, all the private clinics in Saddar Street and other parts of Hyderabad remained closed as mark of protest on the abductions.