LAHORE, July 18: The Punjab chapter of Young Doctors Association and medical students organised a rally on Wednesday at the Jinnah Hospital to protest the transfer of former Allama Iqbal Medical College Principal Prof Dr Javed Akram.

Dozens of doctors and students took out a rally at the teaching hospital to show their solidarity with the former AIMC principal.

Wearing black armbands, the doctors also took a round of various departments of the hospital and the college.

They were of the view that the Punjab government had transferred Prof Javed Akram for supporting the young doctors` strike.

The doctors had demanded of the government to withdraw the decision and reappoint Prof Javed Akram to his previous post.