Pakistán - Striking junior Doctors injured and detained (2012)

Junior doctors went on a nationwide strike in March to protest low pay and long working hours. Further action was taken in July after the government failed to honour its commitments with respect to revision of pay scales and regularisation of doctors working on a contract basis. The government responded with an ultimatum threatening dismissal and applied to the High court to declare the strike illegal. In June, at least 50 doctors were arrested and 8 wounded after police baton-charged a march of striking doctors in Balochistan.