Muzaffarabad, March 2 -- Health department employees in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir staged a strike at Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) in Muzaffarabad, demanding immediate acceptance of their long-pending Charter of Demands.

The protest led to the temporary closure of Outpatient Department (OPD) services, causing inconvenience to patients and attendants. Demonstrators gathered inside and outside the hospital premises, raising slogans and urging authorities to implement their demands without further delay.

Masoom Mughal, Chairman of the Health Employees Federation (HEF), stated that the charter does not require further debate, yet nearly a month has passed without action. He highlighted two major demands -- the health ...