Pakistan should frame a drug policy to ensure the manufacturing of good quality medicines and elimination of spurious drugs to save the lives of the common man in the country and capital sentence be awarded to the manufacturers of substandard, spurious, unhygienic, and fake medicines.
President of Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Mian Iqbal Hassan said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken a right step at an appropriate time and start a crackdown against the sale of spurious, substandard and unlicensed medicines as it is a big crime. He said that these factories should be sealed immediately. He said that the elements involved in this evil trade deserve no leniency. Mian Iqbal Hassan said the government should make Punjab Drug Authority more powerful to take action against the big fish. He further said that corrupt elements in health department were patronising the manufacturing, stocking, sale and purchase of substandard and fake medicines and they have established their own factories and pharmaceutical companies.
He appreciated the campaign of the Punjab government against the elements involved in the production and sale of spurious, substandard and unlicensed medicines and stressed the need for evolving a strategy for complete eradication of this heinous trade. Mian Iqbal Hassan said that there should be no permission to play with human lives. He said that the owners of the units manufacturing medicines without licence deserve maximum punishment and this menace should be eliminated through effective measures and stringent punishment.
Comments
Comments are closed.