Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter). The “Professional Group” of Pakistan Pharmacist Association (PPA) is misusing and misrepresenting different official authorities. They have already interfered the smooth professional and official working of miscellaneous bodies. Recently; they have visited certain pharmaceutical institutions to borrow the student audiences to deceive the pharmacist community and Pakistani nation. Especially the representatives in Pakistan Pharmacy Council (PPC) met to executives/ owners of pharmacy institutions. They have emphasized for faculty members/ students to get conference registration. Thus; the actual role of Pakistan Pharmacy Council has have been made more ambiguous. The functions and responsibilities of PPC are already defined in Pharmacy Act. Thus; no one is allowed to misrepresent and misuse his professional role; and no body is permitted to control and drive the institutions and professionals.
Moreover; the Chief Drug Controller, Health Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan has communicated on behalf of Pharmacy Council and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. That is not his privilege to do that. Pharmacy Council and Higher Education Commission are established institution with high profiled experts. They don’t need any agent to speak on their behalf. Therefore; the pharmacist communities do not believe on so-called leaders of PPA. Pharmacists only trust the information distribution through appropriate relevant official channels. Therefore; the decision of withdrawing the one year residency after Pharm-D is the privilege of Higher Education Commission and Pharmacy Council. It should not be handled by incompetent, irrelevant and illegally occupants of Pakistan Pharmacist Association.