LAHORE - Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has congratulated 86 medical officers on their promotion as professors. Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar had approved the promotion of 86 associate professors, said a handout issued here on Sunday. Associate professors of 17 specialties got promoted. One from Pediatric Urology, one from Development Pediatric, two from Pediatric Endocrinology, one form Nephrology, one from Ophthalmology, one from Plastic Surgery, two from Orthopedic Surgery, three from Pediatric, 10 from Obstetrics and Gynecology, seven from Pathology, one from Pediatric Radiology, four from Dermatology, 11 from Cardiology, four from ENT, four from Cardiac Surgery, 19 from Surgery and 13 from Pediatric specialties were promoted as professors. The associate professors who were promoted include: Dr Asif Abbas Khawaja, Dr Ihsanullah, Dr Waqas Imran Khan, Dr Jida Manzoor, Dr Ghulam Abbas, Dr Khawaja Mohsin Ihsan, Dr Saeed Ashraf Cheema, Dr Yawar Sajjad, Dr Mohammad Iqbal, Dr Faisal Masood, Dr Syed Najam Haider, Dr Sohail Arshad, Dr Uzma Kazmi, Dr Kiran Khurshid Malik, Dr Mahlika Maqsood, Dr Salman, Dr Nuzhat Rasheed, Dr Rubina Kausar, Dr Rubina Tariq, Dr Jamshed Feroze, Dr Mehrunnisa, Dr Talat Farkhanda, Dr Tasneem Tahira, Dr Syed Abbas Naqvi, Dr Rahat Sarfaraz, Dr Iram Nadeem Rana, Dr Shabnam Bashir, Dr Seema Mazhar, Dr Humaira Rafique, Dr Shagufta Iram, Dr Iqbal Hussain Dogar, Dr Lamis Mahmood, Dr Mohammad Arif, Dr Faria Asad, Dr Nadia Ali Azfar, Dr Nisar Ahmed, Dr Tahir Mahmooduddin Almani, Dr Muzaffar Ali, Dr Sajjad Ahmed, Dr Abdul Wajid Khan, Dr Hamid Saeed, Dr Bilqis Akhtar, Dr Tahir Naveed, Dr Syed Moazzam Ali Naqvi, Dr Abdus Sattar and Dr Imran Waheed.
CM Buzdar approved promotion of 86 associate professors
The promoted associated professors also include: Dr Najaf Masood, Dr Khalid Masood, Dr Khawaja Amjad Hussain, Dr Sarfaraz Alam, Dr Tariq Saeed, Dr Asim Khurshid, Dr Fozia Ishaq, Dr Ubaidullah, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Dr Ghulam Abbas, Dr Zulfiqar Ali, Dr Azam Khan, Dr Farah Niaz, Dr Shakil Ahmed, Dr Masood Akhtar, Dr Nosheen Qureshi, Dr Mirza Mohammad Sarwar, Dr Ghulam Murtaza, Dr Ahmed Shahbaz, Dr Zulfiqar Haider, Dr Mujtaba Ali Siddiqi, Dr Shahbaz Ahmed Khilji, Dr Yaseen Rafi, Dr Andaleeb Khanam, Dr Wasim Hayat Khan, Dr Ataul Latif, Dr Mohammad Zakir, Dr Munawar Jamil, Dr Ch Naveed Akhtar, Dr Amna Javed, Dr Naveed Akhtar Malik, Dr Waqas Raza, Dr Mohammad Akram, Dr Rehman Gulzar, Dr Huriat Azfal, Dr Amjad Farooq, Dr Nazeer Ahmed, Dr Ch Kamran, Dr Liaqat Ali Bhatti, Dr Imran Aslam and Dr Nadir Mahmood. The minister said that for the first time in the history, such a number of associate professors had been promoted to the rank of professor. “The shortage of staff in teaching hospitals is being addressed on priority,” she added.
Dr Yasmin said that the hiring of doctors on vacant posts and promotions of staff waiting for promotions was first priority of the government. She added the specialised healthcare and medical education department would issue posting orders for all professors who got promoted.
