PMA Rejects Punjab Drug Rule 2007; Drug Law Amendments

Lahore (Pharamceutical review; www.pharmareveiw.wordpress.com). The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Lahore on has rejected the Punjab Drug Rules 2007 and said these amendments not favorable to general community. In a press release, PMA General Secretary Dr Azimuddin Zahid and Finance Secretary Dr Shahid Malik said amendments in the Punjab Drug Rules 2007 would promote nepotism and that few affluent people would benefit while thousands of medical stores would be closed down. The PMA office-bearers criticized the government for not implementing the Punjab Drug Rules 1988 in its true spirit and alleged that the drug mafia had brought about the amendments with the connivance of drug inspectors to spread its business across the Punjab. They demanded that the government abrogate the amendments in the best interest of the people.

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