PMRC retired employees stage protest

Islamabad: Over 250 retired employees of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) staged a protest demonstration in front of the National Press Club here to press for demand of release of monthly pensions.

The retired employees of the PMRC have not received their monthly pensions for the last one year and awaiting justice from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after filing a petition with the court in July, last year.

Addressing a press conference along with aggrieved retired employees, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) naib ameer Mian Muhammad Aslam called upon the Prime Minister Imran Khan and Health Minister for release of their pensions and payment of outstanding dues.

He said that non-release of pensions to retired employees who also include widows amounted to economic murder of aggrieved families.

An ex Executive Director of PMRC, Dr. Naseem Akhtar, Dr. Zahoor Ahmad and Dr. Rehan were also present on the occasion.

They said that depriving them of their basic rights was also violation of certain clauses of the Constitution, which deal with human rights. "We gave our energies to the research institution and now are being deprived of our pensions," they said.