25pc of sanctioned strength at PIMS lying vacant, NA body told.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination was informed on Thursday that 25 percent of the total 4,029 sanctioned posts of doctors, charge nurses, paramedics and other staff at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) were lying vacant. The committee met at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad on Thursday with its Chairman Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla in the chair. The PIMS authorities informed the committee that the Federal Public Service Commission takes two to three years for appointment of doctors due to which they are facing shortage of staff. The Standing Committee noted that more than 200 doctors and other staff members were in the promotion zone but they were not being promoted due to one reason or the other. The Standing Committee directed that all of the doctors, charge nurses, paramedics and other staff members who qualify to be promoted and the posts are available forthwith and all other vacant posts should be filled in by direct recruitment on merit. However, the Standing Committee recommended that the posts which are to be filled in through FPSC be filled on contract basis or daily wages. However, the case for appointment on permanent basis may be initiated through FPSC, so that permanent doctors be appointed, on merit in PIMS and the compliance report be furnished to the Standing Committee. The Standing Committee was...