The Balochistan government on Sunday formed a Joint Inve
stigation Team (JIT) to inve
stigate the alleged kidnapping of Dr Shiekh Ibrahim Khalil.
Dr Khalil, a neurosurgeon, was allegedly abducted on his way home from work at a private hospital last week.
Quetta SSP (Inve
stigation) will head the JIT, which wil
l include members from the Inter-Services Int
elligence, Military Int
elligence, Int
elligence Bureau, Special branch, Counter-Terrorism Department and Inve
stigation Officer.
The team is mandated to present its report to the provincial government in 15 days.
Ghulam Hussain, the missing doctor’s assistant at the private hospital where he worked, had filed a first information report of Dr Khalil’s kidnapping at the Bijli Road Police Station.
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Young Doctors Association (YDA), and the Bolan Medical Teachers Association (BMTA) have condemned the alleged abduction.
The PMA called an emergency meeting at the Civil Hospital, whereas the BMTA issued a call for a province-wide boycott, starting today, of all government hospitals’ outpatient departments.
Publi
shed in Daily Times, Decembe
r 17th2018.
