Jaranwala: Leaders participating in the nationwide convention organized by the Pakistan Allied Health Professionals Organization / Dispensers Federation were accorded a grand welcome upon arrival in Jaranwala. The convention formally commenced with the recitation of the Holy Quran, Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool ﷺ, and the National Anthem.
Leaders from across the country participated in the convention. The event was presided over by Malik Munir Ahmad, Chairman, Pakistan Allied Health Professionals Organization, while Sharafatullah Yousafzai, Central President of All Pakistan Paramedical Staff Federation and Head of the Advisory Committee on Dispenser Technology Pakistan, participated as the Chief Guest.
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Scope of Practice for Dispenser Technology, Syed Ansar Hamdani, along with members Abdul Aziz Jalbani and Saeed Gul Mari, also attended the convention.
Central Secretary General of All Pakistan Paramedical Staff Federation Muhammad Arshad Khan, Patron-in-Chief Sirajuddin Burki, Chairman Malik Yousaf, Senior Vice Chairman Pervez Khan, Senior Vice President AD Kanwal, Finance Secretary Fazal Qayoom, Senior Vice President of PIMS Hospital Malik Zeeshan, and Masood Qureshi, Representative Islamabad, also participated.
From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PPMA Provincial Senior President Taj Muhammad, Joint Secretary Sami-ur-Rehman, Gul Sher Khan, Muhammad Amin, and other leaders attended.
From Sindh, central and provincial leaders including Khalid Hussain Jutt, Sawan Baloch, Khalid Samoon, and Balochistan Muhammad Shoaib Mari participated. Sardar Ghulam Hussain from Gilgit-Baltistan also attended.
From Punjab, central and provincial leaders including Qazi Mahmood-ul-Haq, Munir Ahmad Zia, Khokhar Sahib, Shahzad Anwar, Shahid Pansota, APPA’s Amjad Ali Raza Sindhu, YPA Patron-in-Chief Malik Shakeel, Nazir Ahmad Ghumman, Active AHP’s Mian Muhammad Naeem, and CDC Punjab Provincial Leader Tajammal Jutt, along with dozens of other leaders, participated.
Convention Resolutions and Chief Guest’s Address:
Speakers strongly condemned the letter sent by PMDC to the Health Minister, terming it an illegal and unethical act and a grave mistake by PMDC. All speakers expressed severe resentment over PMDC’s dictation.
Chief Guest Sharafatullah Yousafzai, while expressing deep regret over PMDC’s unjustified criticism of the AHP and Pharmacy Councils, stated: “We have respected doctors on every forum, but in response, PMDC was pressurized into writing a favorable letter to label us as quacks without any thought.”
He added, “The factories of quackery are established in your clinics, where hundreds of thousands of under-matric quacks administer injections, drips, and conduct laboratory tests, X-rays, ECGs, etc. You do not employ qualified Allied Health Professionals and Nurses due to higher salaries. These same under-matric individuals later open shops in their areas. Thus, you are the ones promoting quackery, and this has continued for 70 years, yet the blame is placed on us.”
Demands from AHP Council:
Sharafatullah Yousafzai demanded the AHP Council officials to:
1. The Allied Health Professionals Council has done nothing wrong. Parliament granted you these powers through the Council Act 2022.
2. Respond to PMDC in the council meeting to be held in May. Every council is autonomous.
3. Formulate regulations for a uniform and improved service structure and education system.
4. Send letters to all provincial Healthcare Commissions to immediately stop the humiliation of qualified Allied Health Professionals.
5. Make the registration process easier and faster.
He announced, “5 million Allied Health Professionals across the country stand with the Council and its decisions.”
The Chief Guest paid rich tribute to Syed Ansar Hamdani, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, and the committee members.
Address by Convention President:
Finally, Convention President Malik Munir Ahmad thanked all central and provincial leaders from across the country and stressed unity, stating, “Our survival and the Council’s survival lie only in staying united.” He congratulated local office bearers and workers for making the convention a success.
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*All Pakistan Paramedical Staff Federation
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