Doctors' protest enters third day in K-P.

PESHAWAR -- Despite a deadline by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government to end the protest, the strike of doctors in the province entered the third day on Friday.

In all major hospitals of K-P, the protesting doctors suspended services at the out-patient departments (OPDs).

On May 15, doctors associations across the province denounced K-P Health Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah's highhandedness against a senior faculty member of Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) on the night of May 14.

K-P hospitals shut against manhandling of doctors

The K-P Doctors' Council also sought resignation of the Lady Reading Hospital BOG Chairman Dr Nowsherwan Burki. Dr Burki was egged by KTH Assistant Professor Dr Ziauddin Afridi while he was attending the board of governors meeting.

KTH also formed a four-member...