Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter); On behalf of the writ petition No.: 11161/2013 filed in Islamabad High Court Islamabad; it is recommended to all pharmacists to avoid get involvement in illegal, unprincipled and unethical 18^th International Pharmacy Conference & Exhibition dated 30^thOctober-2^nd November, 2013. This conference is illegitimately called by “Professional Group” of Pakistan Pharmacist Association (PPA). This group has no mandate to organize any activity on behalf of the PPA. Their official legitimated tenure has already been expired since October, 2011(defined in Article of Association https://deeppink-gerbil-660508.hostingersite.com/content-upload/uploads//2012/03/article-of-association-constitution.pdf). Hence; professional group is misusing the official funds of PPA. While, the honorable Judge Mr. Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan Islamabad High Court Islamabad has called to Syed Khalid Saeed Bukhari President PPA Centre, WHO Country Adviser Medicines at World Health Organization, Pakistan; Mr. Ayaz Ali Khan Chairman Organizing Committee/ Chief Drugs Controller, Health Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore/ Executive Member PPA Punjab and Mr. Nadeem Iqbal General Secretary PPA Centre to explain the situation. If professional group of PPA did not stop to violate the regulation and held this unprincipled conference; a damage recovery may then be imposed by court.

Therefore; pharmacists are warned to avoid becoming part of this unprincipled conference and professional group. Let then alone for this illegitimated Organizing Committee. Otherwise; a heavy financial recovering may be imposed by court to compensate the professional and organizational damages.

Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter); Pakistan Pharmacist Federation would like to encourage and acknowledge the contribution of local and international organizations to control the Polio in Pakistan on this “Polio Day” of 24^th October, 2013.

World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. Since then, GPEI has reduced polio worldwide by 99%.

However, in 2012, transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus continued in three countries: Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In April 2012, the World Health Assembly declared the completion of polio eradication a programmatic emergency for global public health.

Hence; the executives of Pakistan Pharamcist Federation wish to eradicate the polio from Pakistan; particularly it outbreak and transmission in KPK province.

Pharmaceutical Review (Staff Reporter); A write petition was filed against Professional Group of Pakistan Pharmacist Association (PPA) regarding the misuse of funds and designing activities (conference) even after expiration of tenure (two years 2009-11) defined in Article of Association (https://deeppink-gerbil-660508.hostingersite.com/content-upload/uploads//2012/03/article-of-association-constitution.pdf). This case No. 11161/2013 was filed on behalf of Pharmacist Alliance Pakistan Pharmacist Association (PPA).  The honorable Judge Mr. Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan High Court Islamabad has called to Syed Khalid Saeed Bukhari President PPA Centre, Mr. Nadeem Iqbal General Secretary (03004201853) and Mr. Ayaz Ali Khan Executive Member Punjab.

The respected layer Ch. Mohammad Sarfraz Sajid Advocate has prayed therein that the present office bearers were elected for two year ending in September 2011. But, they have been unjustifiably holding their respective offices till now. Whereas; it was their utmost responsibility to announce election schedule within defined tenure. Additionally; he prayed to the Honorable High Court to declare that such office bearers have no mandate or authority to continue as such. Hence; it is pleaded to restrain the Professional Group of PPA to not utilize the funds of PPA or design any activity to run its business or to hold any national or international conference at this moment. Moreover; he said a damages recovery can also be proceeded if they have no mandate to do that