LAHORE – Doctors in Punjab to get an unprecedented pay package from the PTIgovernment, it has been revealed.
As per the media report, The Punjab cabinet has approved a new pay packagefor the doctors serving in the state-run hospitals.
The total impact of the raise will amount to Rs17 billion annually. Underthe initiative, the doctors in Punjab will draw salaries equal to thoseserving in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The package would be implemented from July 1, an official told Dawn. Hesaid the biggest beneficiary would be the doctors belonging to the generalcadre who are serving as medical officers/women medical officers andadditional principal medical officers as they outnumber their other seniorand junior colleagues in the government hospitals.
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Similarly, the doctors serving in BS-17 and 18 in various cadres would alsoget hefty raise under the new pay package. The package draft was finalisedand recommended by a committee headed by an additional chief secretary andsent to the government for final consideration, he said.
