Doctors allowed to carry guns in Peshawar

  • November 28, 2013, 6:21 pm
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PESHAWAR Nov 28 (Online): In an interesting development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allowed doctors to carry guns.

According to a private TV channel,the KPK has decided to give arms licenses to doctors in the wake of rising incidents of extortion and kidnapping.

Doctors had requested the government to allow them to carry weapons.

Provincial Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said that the police will decide about what types of weapons doctors would be allowed.

But some doctors have also criticized the move. Only time will tell whether this decision will help increase sense of security amongst doctors.