Summary The nurses have vowed to continue their protest until they get permanent appointment.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Nurses continue to protest outside Punjab Assembly for eight consecutive day, disturbing the traffic on Mall Road.
The nurses have vowed to continue their protest until they get permanent appointment.
Earlier on Sunday, the Punjab government Punjab government issued three-year contract letters to the ad-hoc nurses after accepting their demands. The letters also assures the permanent appointment after three years of contract period.
Contract letters have been distributed to nurses in General and Mao hospitals in the first phase. Punjab government has also announced to accept nurses recruited under Board of Management as ad-hoc nurses saying the contract letters will be distributed to them in next two days.
However, a large number of nurses are still unwilling to accept contract letters and continue to protest. This faction wants immediate permanent appointment instead of three-year long contractual period.
The police had placed barriers on Charring Cross and altered the traffic route.
