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Members of the Coordination Committee of Paramedical and Health Workers and other government employees raise slogans outside Guru Nanak Hospital OPD during a statewide strike by government employees in Punjab to press for their demands, including release of pending dearness allowance, in Amritsar, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Closed OPD of Guru Nanak hospital during a statewide strike by government employees in Punjab to press the AAP government to accept their demands, including the release of pending dearness allowance, affected functioning in various government departments and OPD services in hospitals, in Amritsar, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Government employees stage a statewide strike against the AAP government over their demands, including the release of pending dearness allowance, affecting functioning in various government departments and OPD services in hospitals, in Amritsar, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Patients near the closed OPD of the Guru Nanak hospital during a statewide strike by government employees in Punjab to press the AAP government to accept their demands, including the release of pending dearness allowance, affected functioning in various government departments and OPD services in hospitals, in Amritsar, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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Government employees stage a statewide strike against the AAP government over their demands, including the release of pending dearness allowance, affecting functioning in various government departments and OPD services in hospitals, in Amritsar, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
















