Abstract:
The youth is a primary participant in waging conflicts and bringing social changes. It can
change the dynamics of a conflict with its participation. In Pakistan, young doctors are organizing
protests and strikes against the government to achieve requisite economic benefits and promotional
rights. Visionary policies towards health sector, identity crisis, frustration and disparity between
young doctors’ ambitions and achievements are the reasons for doctors’ protests and strikes. The
current study tries to explore/unearth the nature and causes of Pakistani young doctors’ frustration
on society and government through a profound analysis of Frustration – Aggression Theory by
Dollard et al., and Relative Deprivation theory by Ted Robert Gurr. Through a questionnaire,
conducted on 1000 (one thousand) sampling size of young doctors, the study aspires to draw a
relationship between ‘frustration – aggression’. Doctors from each province are represented in the
sample according to population size of all the provinces. Participants were selected by convenient
sampling method. The study also identifies and investigates the role of deprived and frustrated young
doctors’ protests and strikes in their conflict against the government. The study is important as
comprehensive research has not been conducted to understand the demands of the young doctors
and the impacts of young doctors’ protests and strikes on society and government. It finds that
deprivation and frustrations have strengthened young doctors’ activism leading to aggression (street
protests, strikes and boycotting duties) instability and health crisis.
