NA body shows displeasure over failure of Liver Transplant Centre at PIMS

Islamabad

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet secretariat on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure over the failure of Liver Transplant Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) which could not be functional due to lack of coordination and mismanagement of PIMS administration.

The Committee which met here decided to draw attention of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif towards the issue in order to make it functional without further delay.

The standing committee constituted a four-member sub-committee headed by Rasheed Ahmad Khan, MNA to probe the reasons of failure of Liver Transplant Center and fix responsibility against the responsible to penalise the culprits accordingly.

The Committee meeting also expressed concern over the stoppage of visa by Indian embassy to the patients of liver transplant and recommended that concerned authorities may take up the issue with Indian embassy for amicable solution.

The meeting unanimously recommended that “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017” (moved by Dr. Fouzia Hameed, MNA) should be passed with proposed amendments.

The Committee directed that Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) may expedite the process of procurement of printing machinery as per PPRA rules to meet the requirements of printing especially during the upcoming general elections.

The Committee directed the Ministry of CAD to pursue the case with CDA effectively to get the possession of remaining land for extension of NIRM hospital and report to the Committee in the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar, Syed Javed Ali Shah, Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar, Parveen masood Bhatti, Nighat Parveen Mir, Shahnaz Saleem, Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli, FArhana Qamar, Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Rana Qasim Noon, Dr. Marheen Razaq Bhutto, Abdul Hakeem Baloch, Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, Moulvi Agha Muhammad, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Syed Ali Raza Abidi and mover the Bill Dr. Fouzia Hameed.