Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:09:48 +0500 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:09:48 +0500 60 OPDs briefly closed as YDA goes on strike in Lahore https://english.aaj.tv/news/330398839/opds-briefly-closed-as-yda-goes-on-strike-in-lahore <p><strong>Activists of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) forced brief closure of the outpatient departments of three hospitals in Lahore on Monday in a protest against the arrest of doctors and the violence against their families in Balochistan.</strong></p> <p>A two-hour token strike was observed in the OPDs of Services, Jinnah, and General hospitals. They held placards to express their demands.</p> <p>They called for the “immediate release” of their colleagues detained in Balochistan. They have warned that if the doctors were not released soon, they would expand the scope of their protests.</p> <p>In a statement released on January 12, the Grand Health Alliance claimed that its chairman Dr Bahar Shah and former chairman Dr Hafeez Mandokhail were apprehended based on a “false” FIR.</p> <p> <figure class='media sm:w-full w-full media--stretch '> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.aaj.tv/large/2025/01/20105756d4de09e.webp' alt=' Hospitals deserted due to doctors&rsquo; strikes. Photo via author ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author</figcaption> </figure></p> <p><strong>Read more</strong></p> <blockquote class="blockquote-level-1"> <p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30323168/young-doctors-stop-work-at-opds-across-punjab">Young doctors stop work at OPDs across Punjab</a></p> </blockquote> <p> <figure class='media sm:w-full w-full media--stretch '> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.aaj.tv/large/2025/01/2010575673dfb6e.webp?r=105803' alt=' Hospitals deserted due to doctors&rsquo; strikes. Photo via author ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author</figcaption> </figure></p> <p>According to the YDA, the two doctors were “apprehended” from the Civil Hospital in Quetta late Saturday night.</p> <p>The association leader was arrested on allegations of assaulting and attacking the Balochistan Health Director General Dr Ameen Mandokhail.</p> <p>The alliance’s statement noted that the CCTV footage depicting a physical confrontation between the two has circulated on social media.</p> Activists of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) forced brief closure of the outpatient departments of three hospitals in Lahore on Monday in a protest against the arrest of doctors and the violence against their families in Balochistan.

A two-hour token strike was observed in the OPDs of Services, Jinnah, and General hospitals. They held placards to express their demands.

They called for the “immediate release” of their colleagues detained in Balochistan. They have warned that if the doctors were not released soon, they would expand the scope of their protests.

In a statement released on January 12, the Grand Health Alliance claimed that its chairman Dr Bahar Shah and former chairman Dr Hafeez Mandokhail were apprehended based on a “false” FIR.

Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author
Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author

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Young doctors stop work at OPDs across Punjab

Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author
Hospitals deserted due to doctors’ strikes. Photo via author

According to the YDA, the two doctors were “apprehended” from the Civil Hospital in Quetta late Saturday night.

The association leader was arrested on allegations of assaulting and attacking the Balochistan Health Director General Dr Ameen Mandokhail.

The alliance’s statement noted that the CCTV footage depicting a physical confrontation between the two has circulated on social media.

]]> Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/news/330398839 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:38:49 +0500 none@none.com (Huma Butt) Doctors strike as their colleagues were arrested in Balochistan. Photo via author