Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter) An application No.: 389/635-23 dated July 14, 2023, was submitted in the office of the Chief Information Commissioner, 1st Floor, National Arcade, A4 Plaza, F-8 Markaz Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan (051-9261013-4 | appeals@rti.gov.pk) under RTI Act, 2013 to Obtain the Copy Letter/ Notification of Investigation, Composition and Finding of Inquiry Committee and Ground for Disposing the Complaints Diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22 and 5376/22 under Your Letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 Dated June 8, 2023.

Reference to Governor Punjab letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 dated June 8, 2023; disposal of the complaints diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22 and 5376/22 it was requested that an innocent applicant has filed the application No.: 385/633-23 dated June 18, 2023 to Governor (Pb.) Pakistan to obtain the following copy letter/ notification under RTI Act, 2013 and Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan,

1. Copy letter/ Notification of the chancellor/ Governor Punjab to investigate the matter.
2. Composition of the Inquiry Committee notified to explore the facts.
3. The reply/ response of the culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir filed in your esteemed office regarding above allegation.
4. Finding of the inquiry committee regarding above four allegations.
5. Ground for Disposing the Complaints Diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22; and 5376/22 notified under your letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 dated June 8, 2023.

The innocent applicant reserved the right under Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan and Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 to obtain information. Therefore, it was requested to grant him the aboe information/ document under Article 19-A and RTI Act 2013. Additionally, the aforesaid alleged culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir has a long terrible history of corruption; the cases/ information already submitted to different authorities. Even though, the alleged culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir is currently working as principal pharmacy with Lords College of Pharmacy, 53-M, Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate, Kot Lakhpat, Lahore Pakistan. That confirm the poor performance of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan. That is also a big question mark upon the educational substandard and pharmaceutical academia in country.

Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter). The application No.: 385/633-23 dated June 18, 2023 was submitted to The Honorable Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman, Governor of Punjab & Chancellor University of Sargodha, Governor House, Upper Mall, Lahore, Pakistan (governorhouse@punjab.gov.pk) to obtain the information under RTI Act, 2013 to Obtain the Copy Letter/ Notification of Investigation, Composition and Finding of Inquiry Committee and Ground for Disposing the Complaints Diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22 and 5376/22 under Your Letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 Dated June 8, 2023.

Reference to the letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 dated June 8, 2023 (Annexure 1); disposal of complaints diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22 and 5376/22, the corruption and illegal appointment of Dr. Sajid Bashir as professor of pharmaceutics to university of Sargodha were reported on March 15, 2016 and other local and federal authorities. The culprit professor/ dean pharmacy availed the chance and initiate baseless allegations and eventually successful in his conspiracy. The innocent victim has filed petition in Lahore High Court, Lahore, Pakistan. The culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir allege as under,

1. He was illegally recruited and appointed as Professor of Pharmacy (BS-21), with due attention to the alleged irregularities pointed out by Prof. Dr. Muhammad llyas Tariq in his revision petition, and failure to perform duty as per requirements Law/Statutes. No.: 385/100422 dated April 10, 2022; case filed in Higher Education Commission, confirmed by the letter No. 05-48/A&C(Affairs)/2016/7151 dated July 01, 2016, and forward to the concerned authority for comments; Writ petition No. 37666/2021, wherein the petitioner has challenged the appointment. (Annexure 3)
2. The irregularities and illegal usage of the resources and power (No.: 431/693 dated December 15, 2022; cases No.: 417/677 dated October 3, 2022 and No.: 411/653 dated August 30, 2022). The concealment of Facts and Hiding the Record of Illegal Appointment of Professor of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha was also reported under letter No.: 377/625 dated March 23, 2022.
3. The failure of Drug Manufacturing Project worth of Approximately Rs. 0.8 Billion, After 18 Years of its Deployment; Because of Corruption of Dean Pharmacy and Partner of the Firm M/S University of Sargodha Pharmaceutical Laboratories. No.: 401/643 dated June 23, 2022 (Annexure 4). 
4. The recovery of illegally and ethically obtained funds by Dean Pharmacy University of Sargodha by misusing of Office Power and Authorities were demanded under application No.: 391/Pharm/22 dated March 24, 2022

Moreover, the aforesaid officer has a long terrible history of corruption; the cases/ information already submitted to different authorities and published in local and international credible journals. The research articles highlighting the corruption of the dean pharmacy, University of Sargodha also publishes in different recognized scientific journals. So, the applicant reserved the right under Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan and Right to Information (RTI) Act 2013 to obtain information. Therefore, it was requested to provide the following information/ document under Article 19-A and RTI Act 2013. 

1. Copy letter/ Notification of the chancellor/ Governor Punjab to investigate the matter.
2. Composition of the Inquiry Committee notified to explore the facts.
3. The reply/ response of the culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir filed in your esteemed office regarding above allegation.
4. Finding of the inquiry committee regarding above four allegations.
5. Ground for Disposing the Complaints Diary No. 4990/22, 5140/22, 4830/22, 5034/22; and 5376/22 notified under your letter No. GS/SO(Univ-II)11-11/2018-138 dated June 8, 2023.

Unluckily the alleged culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir is currently working as principal pharmacy with Lords College of Pharmacy, 53-M, Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate, Kot Lakhpat, Lahore Pakistan. That confirm the poor performance of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan. That is also a big question mark upon the educational substandard and pharmaceutical academia quality in country.

Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter). An application No.: 293/23 was filed to the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 52 rue des Pâquis, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland on August 18, 2023 (Email: ohchr-archives@un.org, ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org, ohchr-webmanager@un.org, ohchr-nationalinstitutions@un.org, ohchr-civilsociety@un.org, T.: +41 22 917 9220) to obtain “the copy of the Order or Direction of the Syndicate of UOS to constitute a committee to comply with Governor’s Order No. GS(Univ-I)11-5/2017-25, intended alleged irregularities in revision petition, and failure to perform duty as per requirements Law/Statutes.”

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is working and enabling the citizens of about 90 countries to have appropriate facilities and laws to obtain the government records and other information. Transparency is one indicator of an open and democratic society, so freedom of information is crucial. But access can still be problematic. A freedom of information law in principle does not guarantee access in practice. So, one of the prototype case of not having access to information under the act of ‘right to information’.

The application No.: 385/633-23 was filed on June 18, 2023 in the office of the Honorable Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman, Governor of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan to obtain the subject cited information. Unluckily, no response received from respected Governor. Therefore, the Chief Information Commissioner, Islamabad Pakistan was requested under application No. 389/635-23 dated July 14, 2023 for same information. There was not reply received from honorable officers of this CIC, Islamabad. So, the intervention requested to all possible forums to obtain the subject cited information under the rights and values outlined in the Article 19 of the Universal declaration of Human Rights. The information requested are related to the following corruption, irregularities and illegalities of Dr. Sajid Bashir (Ex-Dean Pharmacy) of University of Sargodha, Pakistan,

1. The culprit was illegally recruited and appointed as Professor of Pharmacy (BS-21), with due attention to the alleged irregularities pointed out by Prof. Dr. Muhammad llyas Tariq in his revision petition, and failure to perform duty as per requirements Law/Statutes. No.: 385/100422 dated April 10, 2022; case filed in Higher Education Commission, confirmed by the letter No. 05-48/A&C(Affairs)/2016/7151 dated July 01, 2016, and forward to the concerned authority for comments; Writ petition No. 37666/2021, wherein the petitioner has challenged the appointment. (Annexure 3)
2. The irregularities and illegal usage of the resources and power (No.: 431/693 dated December 15, 2022; cases No.: 417/677 dated October 3, 2022 and No.: 411/653 dated August 30, 2022). The concealment of Facts and Hiding the Record of Illegal Appointment of Professor of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha was also reported under letter No.: 377/625 dated March 23, 2022.
3. The failure of Drug Manufacturing Project worth of Approximately Rs. 0.8 Billion, After 18 Years of its Deployment; Because of Corruption of Dean Pharmacy and Partner of the Firm M/S University of Sargodha Pharmaceutical Laboratories. No.: 401/643 dated June 23, 2022 (Annexure 4). 
4. The recovery of illegally and ethically obtained funds by Dean Pharmacy University of Sargodha by misusing of Office Power and Authorities were demanded under application No.: 391/Pharm/22 dated March 24, 2022

The culprit Dr. Sajid Bashir is currently working as principal pharmacy with Lords College of Pharmacy, 53-M, Quaid-e-Azam Industrial Estate, Kot Lakhpat, Lahore Pakistan. That confirm the poor performance of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan. This is also a huge question mark upon the educational substandard and pharmaceutical education quality in country.

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Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter) An invitation has issued for the Presenters/ Speakers of Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo (Exhibition & Conference), Expo Centre Lahore, Pakistan (https://pakpharmaexpo.com) by Dr. Taha Nazir PhD CEO, Consortium Publisher – ICDTD Inc., Canada (taha@consortiumpublisher.ca | office@consortiumpublisher.ca | http://consortiumpublisher.ca/ | http://consortiumpublisher.com). Consortium Publisher Canada – ICDTD Inc. process and publish the scientific research information and cover a wide range of academic disciplines. Our all journals are open access and comply with the definition of Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to fulfil the requirements of open access. The copyrights of scholarly published work is awarded as described by Creative Commons. Currently, we are using the open source software (OJS) of Public Knowledge Project (PKP).

So, being conference publication partner of Prime Events Management in Pakistan, we are supporting Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo since last 5 years. The accepted conferences abstracts or proceedings will be published in credible journals of Consortium Publisher – ICDTD Inc., Canada (https://consortiumpublisher.ca | https://consortiumpublisher.com) Dr. Noreen Sultana is our Ambassador for Southeast Asia and she will collaborate on behalf of our office. The publication will definitely enhance the scientific credibility and impact of this amazing Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo – 2024 (https://pakpharmaexpo.com/). You can submit the your conference abstract or proceeding directly at https://consortiumpublisher.net | https://consortiumpublisher.org

Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter) Dr. Taha Nazir PhD CEO, Advanced Multiple Incorporation Mississauga ON, L5T2M9 Canada (taha@advancedmultiple.ca | office@advancedmultiple.ca | https://www.advancedmultiple.ca | https://www.advancedmultiple.com) has issued letter No.: 41-PE/All today for the Partners & Sponsors of Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo (Exhibition & Conference) Expo Centre Lahore, Pakistan (https://pakpharmaexpo.com/), regarding the Publication of Conference Abstracts & Proceeding of Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo -2024.

Advanced Multiple Incorporation is frontline distributor of knowledge through enlightening, informative and high quality events. We are specialized in providing comprehensive information and updates through conferences, journals and exhibitions and cover all major areas. Additionally, we are innovative, creative and resourceful organization that initiate, designed and deploys the knowledge based scientific, academic professional services around the world.

Being conference publication partner of Prime Events Management in Pakistan, we are supporting Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo since last 5 years. The accepted conferences abstracts or proceedings are published in credible journals of Consortium Publisher – ICDTD Inc., Canada (https://consortiumpublisher.ca | https://consortiumpublisher.com)

Dr. Noreen Sultana is our Ambassador for Southeast Asia and she will collaborate on our behalf to help and support to get published your credible scientific research work. The publication will definitely enhance the scientific credibility and impact of this amazing Pak Pharma & Healthcare Expo – 2024 (https://pakpharmaexpo.com/).

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