CJ orders KP to shut clinics of quack doctors in a week
Nisar praises IGP for withdrawing personal security granted to unauthorised persons
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday directed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) health commission Chairman Azar Sardar to shut down all clinics of quack doctors in the province within a week.
The chief justice issued those directives while hearing a case against quack doctors in Peshawar.
Justice Nisar grilled Sardar for not doing enough against quack doctors, saying: “You draw a salary of Rs500,000 but your output is zero. It’s your duty to take action on the matter.”
Upon being told that there are as many as 15,000 quack doctors in KP, the chief justice asked for a comprehensive inquiry report on the issue.
The chief justice said no stay orders will be issued in the case relating to shutting down quack doctors. “If anyone wants a stay order then they should come to the Supreme Court.”
In his speech at the inauguration ceremony of Charsadda’s judicial complex, the chief justice said he asked KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak about education but he could not give me a satisfactory answer.
He made those remarks while stressing the need of education in Pakistan. “We are too far behind in the ield of education.”
‘EXCELLENT WORK’
Meanwhile, Justice Nisar was full of praise for Salahuddin Mehsud, the inspector general of police for KP, for withdrawing personal security granted to unauthorised persons.
The chief justice had ordered that all security protocol granted to unauthorised persons in all provinces be withdrawn. Mehsud submitted his report in court on Friday, telling Justice Nisar that security protocol of 1,769 unauthorised people has already been withdrawn on court’s orders.
At this, the chief justice commended the IGP saying: “You have done excellent work. Thank you.”
He said that he is content with Chief Secretary Azam Khan’s conduct. “Chief Secretary, you have also done good work.” He, however, did not have similar things to say regarding Khattak’s work.