The National Assembly referred a calling attention notice to relevant standing committee which was regarding non-appointment of Professor Doctors and Associate Professor Doctors in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) Islamabad against the posts lying vacant from the last many years.
Five lawmakers including MNAs Aliya Kamran (MMAP), Muhammad Anwar MMA), Jam Abdul Karim Bijar (PPPP), Tahira Aurangzeb (PML-N), Shahnaz Saleem Malik (PML-N) sponsored this joint calling attention notice.
Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Dr. Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro initially responded to this calling attention notice but the movers did not get satisfied with the answer.