Police being criticized for arresting Quetta doctors for protesting

QUETTA: Police in arrested Quetta doctors, paramedical staff who were protesting near the Red Zone for lack of protective equipment to treat coronavirus patients according to the Young Doctors Association (YDA).

Quetta Doctors Protest #ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan — Police being criticized for arrested Quetta doctors for protesting.

According to the Young Doctors Association (YDA) the protesters were baton charged by the police and security forces before dozens of them were arrested.

The Inspector Genertal Police (IGP) Razzaq Cheema confirmed the news of the arrest although he said nothing about baton charge accusation made by the YDA. IGP Razzaq Cheema said:

Yes, the police arrested dozens of protesting doctors today,

The president of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Dr Yasir Khan announced a boycott of young doctors saying:

We suspend all our services following highhandedness of police,

People have taken to Twitter with hashtag #ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan to criticize the Balochistan police for their action and arresting of doctors for demanding basic protective equipment in the fight against COVID-19.

Arresting doctors for demanding basic protective equipment to fight a pandemic is utter insanity. Health workers are rapidly getting infected in Balochistan & the state is responsible for this failure. Release them & provide them PPE at once! #ProtectDoctorsofBalochistan pic.twitter.com/8rwa4d6sxy
— Ammar Rashid (@AmmarRashidT) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

Better to be in jail then in hospitals which have became hub of corona virus.Bravery is to protect yourself and break the chain of this pandemic not to infect yourself and your community.#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan pic.twitter.com/t8i9u6XJrY
— Mahrang Baloch (@MahrangBaloch_) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

Today doctors held protest In Quetta against provincial government for not providing doctors with PPE, on which police launched a baton charge upon gathered doctors and arrested many. What kind of welfare state is this? #ProtectOurFrontliners #ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan pic.twitter.com/vB5uZtxjew
— Sheraz Khan Momand (@Sherazkmomand) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

They wanted some masks to equip themselves for the fight agnst a global pandemic.

They got lathis & incarceration.

Perhaps they should've called themselves property developers & demanded faster land acquisition for DHA Quetta.#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan #CoronaInPakistan pic.twitter.com/02AEnnCZVg
— Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (@AasimSajjadA) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

They wanted some masks to equip themselves for the fight agnst a global pandemic.

They got lathis & incarceration.

Perhaps they should've called themselves property developers & demanded faster land acquisition for DHA Quetta.#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan #CoronaInPakistan pic.twitter.com/02AEnnCZVg
— Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (@AasimSajjadA) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

#Balochistan doctors have been arrested they have been organised a peaceful protest for their genuine demands of them #PPE. This kind of behaviour towards doctors in this situation is not acceptable.#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan pic.twitter.com/qRC2R5AX8S
— Mahrang Baloch (@MahrangBaloch_) April 6, 2020

#ProtectDoctorsOfBalochistan

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