Protes­ters demand govern­ment to provid­e perman­ent job status­LAHORE: More than 1,500 nutritionists of Basic Health Units (BHU) established across Punjab have threatened to boycott the upcoming polio campaign, especially in far-flung areas, if the government failed to provide a permanent job status to them. Agitated employees staged a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly Building on Mall Road and threatened to boycott the polio campaign which was scheduled to commence on February 12. While speaking to The Express Tribune, Punjab Nutritionists Association (PNA) President Chaudhry Jamil said “We were hired by the health department of Punjab government in 2007 to provide health education and screening in government schools. Punjab Nutritionists Association General Secretary Hafiz Munir alleged that Health Minister Khwaja Imran Nazir was not capable of holding his post. If they do not change our employee status from contractual to permanent, we will not end the sit-in,” he warned.

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2018 06:01 UTC