Srinagar, Feb 19 (TIWN) Former finance minister Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday urged the Union Health Ministry to bring the medical assistants of Jammu and Kashmir within the ambit of the Central Pharmacy Act (CPA) and do away with the discrimination faced by them.

Last year, the Employment department started voluntary registration of unemployed youth including postgraduates and those having Ph.D. degrees. Deputy Director, Employment (Central), Shahid Mehmood said until December 2019, 2.5 lakh unemployed youth including 1.5 lakh postgraduates and Ph.D. scholars had registered themselves with the department.