54 cases referred to drug court

LAHORE: Health Secretary Ali Jan Khan chaired the 165th meeting of Provincial Quality Control Board. 

According to a handout issued on Sunday, 86 cases were presented in the meeting. Warning issued to pharmaceutical companies in 12 cases, ten cases were adjourned, five cases were dropped and inspection ordered in five cases. 

The meeting decided to grant prosecution of 54 cases and referred the cases to the Drug Court. The pharmaceutical companies which have been prosecuted included LAEMA Chemi KPK, Medicon Pharma KPK, Qamar Cotton Industries Okara, Kohinoor Industries Sahiwal, TAGMA Pharma Lahore, LISKO Pharma Karachi, Gulf Pharma, Glitz Pharma, B-U Pharma Multan and TAS Pharmaceutical Kahota. Besides, Additional Secretary Drug Muhammad Sohail, Chief Drug Controller Punjab, Secretary PCQB and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

Liaison: With a view to early redress the expatriates’ complaints pertaining to federal government agencies, the Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC), Punjab has developed a close and continuous liaison with the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF).

These views were expressed by OPC Vice-Chairperson, Punjab, Shaheen Khalid Butt and Commissioner Afzaal Bhatti while talking to a delegation of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation which met them under the chairmanship of Foundation's Managing Director Habib-ur-Rehman Gillani. OPC Director General Javed Iqbal Bukhari, Additional DG police matters, Agha Muhammad Yousaf, Director (Legal) Raja Zubair also attended the meeting. Shaheen Khalid Butt and Afzaal Bhatti said that joint collaboration of OPC and OPF would help to solve the issues faced by the Overseas Pakistanis relating to federal government ministries, divisions and institutions. They said it was pleasing that on the request of the OPC Punjab, the OPF has nominated a focal person to coordinate with the OPC.

During the meeting matters pertaining to assistance of OPC staff at counters set up by OPF at airports and proposals to redress mechanism of the complaints of Overseas Pakistanis, about federal government were also came under discussion.