Police resort of aerial firing, tear gas to disperse doctors

QUETTA: Police in Quetta resorted to the use of aerial firing and tear gas to stop a Young Doctors Association (YDA) rally from reaching the Chief Minister House, Geo News reported.

A cameraman from Geo News and nine doctors were injured, while 40 doctors were arrested.

The rally which was staged by young doctors from Balochistan was intercepted by the police when it left the civil hospital en-route to the Chief Minister House. This led to a clash between the police and doctors and aerial firing and tear gas was used to quell the doctors.

Ahsan Rasool, cameraman of Geo News, was injured as a result of the aerial firing. The chief of the Baloch Doctors Forum told Geo News that if the 40 arrested doctors were not released within 24 hours then the doctors would not perform their duties in hospitals across the province including work in emergency wards.