100 doctors sacked for unauthorised absence

100 doctors were on Friday sacked by the Jammu and Kashmir government for remaining absent from their duties unauthorisedly.

“The government today ordered termination of services of 100 doctors for remaining absence from their duties unauthorisedly,” an official spokesman said.

According to the order issued by the Health and Medical Education Department, the terminated doctors include Medical Officers Syed Asif Iqbal, Sheraz Ahmad Rather, Naveed Wani, Sumaira Maqbool and Saba Afaq.