Senators Slam Pay Disparity for House Officers in Islamabad, Call It Exploitation<\/p>\n
Nadeem Tanoli Senator Mohammad Humayun Mohmand raised the issue, revealing that house officers in federal hospitals receive approximately Rs. 104,000 per month, whereas those in several provincial facilities earn up to Rs. 150,000. The discrepancy triggered sharp criticism from committee members, who called the practice unjust and demoralizing.<\/p>\n Senator Mohammad Humayun Mohmand delivered a passionate response, stating, \u201cThese doctors, after 25 years of education, are working 92-hour weeks. Many are supporting families. This amount is not right.\u201d He condemned the disparity as indefensible, especially given the responsibilities and workload young doctors bear during their mandatory training period.<\/p>\n The committee\u2019s concerns went beyond low stipends. Lawmakers also discussed the troubling trend of certain hospitals requiring house officers to complete their mandatory house jobs without pay. Several members called this practice outright \u201cexploitation\u201d and an institutional failure to protect young medical professionals.<\/p>\n Responding to the criticism, the Federal Health Minister acknowledged the legitimacy of the grievances and assured the committee that the ministry had already initiated an internal review. \u201cI have asked my office for a complete briefing. We understand the hardship, but we are also constrained by available resources,\u201d he said. He added that discussions were underway to explore practical solutions that could bring federal stipends in line with those offered by the provinces.<\/p>\n The committee, however, stressed that urgent action was needed. Members emphasized that house officers form the frontline of the healthcare system and must be treated with fairness and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Senators Slam Pay Disparity for House Officers in Islamabad, Call It Exploitation Nadeem Tanoli ISLAMABAD \u2013 Senators erupted in outrage during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Health as glaring inequalities in stipends for house officers working in Islamabad\u2019s federal hospitals came to light. The discussion exposed a stark pay gap between young …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1567,1570,1564,1565,1569,1563,1571,1568,599,1566],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-education","tag-doctorexploitation","tag-doctorrights","tag-doctorstipends","tag-healthcarejustice","tag-healthreform","tag-houseofficerpay","tag-medicalinternshipcrisis","tag-pimspakistan","tag-senatepakistan","tag-youngdoctors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4536,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions\/4536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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ISLAMABAD \u2013 Senators erupted in outrage during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Health as glaring inequalities in stipends for house officers working in Islamabad\u2019s federal hospitals came to light. The discussion exposed a stark pay gap between young doctors at institutions like PIMS and their counterparts in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n