ISLAMABAD-The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday issued notices to the federation and others in a petition filed against implementation of Medical Teaching Institute Ordinance (MTI). 
A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani conducted hearing of the petition filed by the doctors and paramedical staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). 
The IHC bench also served notice to Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan for judicial assistance and asked him to satisfy the court on behalf of the federal government in this matter. 
The petitioner moved the petition through their counsel Mudassar Khalid Abbasi Advocate and cited federal government, Ministry of Health, Establishment Division, Chairman Medical Teaching Institute (MTI) as respondents and the court also served notices to them in the case. 
During the hearing, the counsel for the petitioner appeared before the court and adopted the stance that PIMS hospital was built in 1969 and then the hospital was given the status of a university through an Act. 
He stated that the government had issued Ordinance to privatise PIMS. He added that the step was taken to change the structure of the hospital and the ordinance would affect the rights of PIMS staff.