Lahore : August 18,2024 : The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has brought the effect of decontrolling of life saving drugs into Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif’s notice in a letter.
It claimed in the latter that huge number of medicine prices have increased by three times after removal of mandatory government control. YDA pointed out all the characters of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) mafia which is facilitating drug manufacturers through different means to get increase th prices of lifesaving drugs as much as they want. One mean adopted by DRAP mafia was de-controlling of lifesaving medicines. According to YDA , DRAP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is God father of the mafia involved in repeated increase in the drug prices.
YDA noted that Mr. Asim Rauf CEO, Mr. Amanullah Director Pricing, Mr. Obaidullah, Mr. Ajmal Sohail, Mr. Akhtar Abbas, Mr. Sayyad Hussain, Mr. Fakhrudin Amer, Mr. Bilal Bin Akber, Mr. Aamar Latif of DRAP attacked directly on 250 million Pakistanis by removing mandatory
control on medicine prices on February 6, 2024, Pakistan Young Pharmacist Association wrote on this issue in detail on 24 March 2024, 06 May 2024
and 03 June 2024, but nothing happened, as Mr. Asim Rauf knows how to control the investigating agencies. We never understood the myth, that most
corrupt officers of DRAP are given most important positions since DRAPs start. Mr. Asim Rauf CEO DRAP is owner of benami businesses:
i. Factory M/s Zeta Pharma, 494-A Sundar Industrial Estate, Lahore
ii. M/s Zeta Pharma, 36 Al Sheikh Mohammed Al Nadi St., Off Mostafa El Nahaas St. 6th District. Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
iii. M/s Asto Life Sciences (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore
iv. Capra-Med (Pvt) Ltd, First Floor, 81 Commercial Broadway, Paragon City, Barki Road, Lahore
v. GS-1 Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
vi. Mac & Rains Healthcare, 540-D, Sundar Raiwind Road, Sundar, Pakistan
vii. Mac & Rains Pharma, 533, Sundar Industrial Estate, Raiwind Road, Lahore – Pakistan
viii. Mars University, 157, Westwood Colony, Raiwind Road, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore
ix. Sunrise Pharma ,
x. Mac & Rains Turkey, Mac Rains Ic ve Dis Tic. Ltd. Sti, Caglayan Mah. Sinanpasa Cad. Np: 44 K:2 Kagithane Istanbul Turkey,
Phone: +90 212 210 2165
xi. Mac & Rains UK, 419 Lea Bridge Road London E10 7EA England UK
xii. Surprisingly, there is no property in Pakistan on the name of Mr. Asim Rauf.
Every Pharmaceutical Company on the instruction of Mr. Asim Rauf is doing shortage of its one or two medicines in the market, hereby to remove old
priced packs from the market and introduce three to five times high priced packs in the market without leaving any evidence in the market, that the price
has increased; this is the reason of medicine shortage in the market. DRAPs corrupt officials are enlisting medicines since 2014 without fixing medicine
prices; wherein, PYPA is protesting since then, however the highhandedness of Mr. Asim Rauf, Mr. Amanullah, Mr. Ajmal Sohail, Mr. Akhtar Abbas,
Mr. Obaidullah, Mr. Sayyad Hussain, Mr. Fakhrudin Amer, Mr. Bilal Bin Akber can be imagined that instead of fixing medicine prices of enlisted
medicine, they decontrolled the medicine prices of registered drugs. The predecessor (Sh. Akhtar Hussain) of Mr. Asim Rauf was a dead man in two
cases of NAB; whereby, NAB did not bother to arrest Sh. Akhtar Hussain. Sh. Akhtar Hussain was terminated by Federal Government on the order of
Islamabad High Court in year 2001, still then, the dead man / terminated officer was given regular salaries and more than Rs 2.5 million LPR encashment
allowance from tax payer’s money. Sh. Akhtar Hussain has gathered wealth of Rs billions from corruption, but no Law Enforcement Agency bothers,
why?
Once removing mandatory government control on medicine prices was proposed by the than Finance Minister Mr. Shaukat Aziz in March 2002, but
Pakistan Young Pharmacist Association informed the than CEO Pakistan and President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharaf that market forces can not
determine the medicine prices in Pakistan, because in almost every commodity there is one person who has to determine, whether I may buy or not. In
purchasing medicines there are three different persons involved, who are:
1. Client – Doctor
2. Customer – Attendant of patient (patient’s son/ father/ mother/ husband/ brother/ sister/ daughter etc)
3. Consumer – Patient
Unfortunately 999 out of 1000 doctors are not prescribing medicines and diagnostic tests on real disease based; rather prescription is based on the volume
of bribe paid by Pharmaceutical Companies and Diagnostic Laboratories to doctors; which is a homicidal crime. More the volume of bribe the heavier the
prescription. Extreme sadly, if the prices of medicines were increase, then consumption of medicines would increase. Doctors are always happy on
medicine price increase; herein “higher the medicine prices, richer the doctors”; “increase in medicine sales, richer the doctors”.
Usually, doctors say to a relative of a poor patient that if you would not arrange X medicine till night then your beloved relative (mother/ father/ child/
wife etc) would die and I am not responsible for his/ her death. Is there any choice for customer?
Pharmaceutical companies are profit making organizations, they donot believe on charity. How we can assume that pharma companies would reduce their
profits or business. On the other hand, our regulator of medicines i.e. officials of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan are extreme, extreme and
extremely corrupt, which is favorable for profit making pharma companies. Pharmaceutical Companies by lobbing always get key appointments of
DRAP (Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan) for most corrupt officials.
Mr. Asim Rauf CEO, Mr. Amanullah Director Pricing, Mr. Sayyad Hussain, Mr. Ajmal Sohail, Mr. Akhtar Abbas, Mr. Obaidullah, Mr. Fakhrudin
Amer, Mr. Bilal Bin Akber are the most corrupt officials of DRAP; and always made and executed anti-Pakistan, anti-patient policies. They made and
executed policies, which increases profits of Pharmaceutical Companies; more over they increased the import bill of medicines and also encouraged
Transfer Pricing (money laundering). The above officials were making their utmost efforts for six years to remove control on medicine prices, and remained successful on 6th February 2024, when our esteemed Establishment and Cabinet were busy in General Elections and Law enforcement in the
Country.
DRAP has registered such medicines in Pakistan, which were already banned e.g. Panadol Extend 665mg; and gave approval of its advertisement on
mass media; moreover Panadol 500mg was removed from market for two years to convert patients on Panadol Extent 665mg. DRAP has introduced a
nefarious way to loot poor patients by enlistment of medicines without fixing prices. DRAP officials are regularly getting foreign tours from private
Pharmaceutical Companies (which is direct bribe) resultantly import bill of medicines is increasing day by day.
After 18th amendment the medicine registration and pricing is the prerogative of provinces, DRAP is an unconstitutional organization. Si nce
DRAP was established to supply of Quality Medicines at Economical Prices to Every Pakistani; herein, DRAP has miserably failed to supply
Quality Medicines and Economical Prices to Pakistani, hence medicine registration and pricing may be given to Provinces as pe r Constitution of
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
More over removing the mandatory government control on medicine prices and registration of banned medicines is extreme violation of
Constitutional guarantees afforded to every citizen of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and grave violation of Drugs Act 1976 and violation of DRAP
Act 2012.
Foreign tours of DRAP officials sponsored by private Pharmaceutical Companies and Transfer Pricing (money laundering) is anti-Pakistan activities of
DRAP officials. It is famous that DRAP officials get huge bribes off shore, that is why DRAP officials encourage transfer pricing (money laundering) for
smooth transaction of off shore bribe. It is also famous that huger than ever off shore bribe was given by Pharmaceutical Companies to Mr. Asim Rauf
CEO, Mr. Amanullah Director Pricing, Mr. Ajmal Sohail, Mr. Akhtar Abbas, Mr. Obaidullah, Mr. Fakhrudin Amer, Mr. Bilal Bin Akber, Mr. Sayyad
Hussain of DRAP for removing mandatory government control on medicine prices.
Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Peoples Party are always focused on welfare of poor patients and focused on free medicines in Government
Hospitals. If medicine prices would increase by ten times on average then it would be almost impossible for our Government to give free
medicines in Government Hospitals.
It is pertinent to mention here that Mr. Asim Rauf CEO DRAP is exercising all the powers of Federal Government (Federal Cabinet) since 7 March
2019 in grave violation of law conferred upon by DRAP Act 2012, Drugs Act 1976 and Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Mr. Asim Rauf is
getting salary Rs 1350000 per month along with other perks, which is not approved from Ministry of Finance.
Mr. Asim Rauf gave Rs 500 million bribe to the than Minister and Mrs. Farrah Gogi to become acting CEO DRAP in March 2019 and once again gave
Rs 1 billion bribe to the than Minister and Mrs. Farrah Gogi to become regular CEO DRAP in February 2022; wherefrom, under section 5 of DRAP Act
2012, one can be appointed CEO for three years and acting CEO can be appointed for three months. If Mr. Asim Rauf were complete his tenure, he
would be CEO for six years, which is grave violation of section 5 of DRAP Act 2012.
On the order of Prime Minister, an inquiry was held to determine, whether the promotion of Mr. Asim Rauf, Mr. Obaidullah and Mr. Fakhrudin Amer
from BS-18 to BS-19 was lawful or otherwise. The inquiry concluded the promotions were illegal and inquiry recommended that all above officers must
be reverted to BS-18 forthwith.
Under the above circumstances, it is most respectfully prayed that declare the notification of removing mandatory government control on medicine
prices illegal, null and void; fix prices of enlisted medicines forthwith; start a criminal prove against Mr. Asim Rauf CEO, Mr. Amanullah Director
Pricing, Mr. Ajmal Sohail, Mr. Akhtar Abbas, Mr. Fakhrudin Amer, Mr. Obaidullah, Mr. Sayyad Hussain, Mr. Bilal Bin Akber; recover entire looted
money from Pharma companies and corrupt officials of DRAP; probe all allegations level in this complaint against DRAP officials; and appoint honest
officials in DRAP for the preferment of poor patients.