Rawalpindi: The promotion of about 300 senior doctors including two doctors from Rawalpindi is still pending, due to delay in completion of inquiries over alleged corruption charges against some doctors.
Sources said, a list of 500 senior doctors was sent to provincial government for promotion from Grade 19 to 20 and promotion of 300 doctors has been withheld, due to pending inquiries against them. Sources added that the inquiries against doctors have been shelved. Some doctors were promoted against rules and regulations.
Sources said doctors are facing inquiries for the last five to ten years but investigation process has not been completed yet. On the other side, a doctor, Shoukat, posted in Rawalpindi was promoted to Grade 20 via notification number S.O (GC) 2-12/2014 despite the fact that the inquiry against the promoted doctor was not completed.