Lahore: February 7, The federal cabinet on the recommendation of the ministry of national health approved proposals to end the price control of medicines except a few essential medicines on control list.
Speaking to NEWSMAN Noor maher, a specialist pharmacist and legal affairs specialist, told details about the recent meeting of prime minister kakar, stating that the drug act 1976 gives instructions to the entire system to control the prices of medicines. However, the federal cabinet says that the prices of medicines will be controlled, it will be illegal, drug Mafia in Pakistan is already very powerful and by taking the current action, poor patients will go further to death and hundreds of patients will die in Pakistan only because they can not buy expensive medicines Noor mehar President Pakistan pharmacist legal forum
He said under the supervision of the prime minister, the prices of medicines in addition to the necessary medicines in the national list will be excluded from the drug act 1976 and necessary amendments will be made in the drug pricing policy 2018. But if these steps are taken at the federal level, Pakistan pharmacist legal forum will protest against the press club Lahore in front of the punjab assembly and in front of the national assembly, and in any case, the patients will not be allowed to end their right to medicine.
He noted that Drug Act 1976, the cabinet can not approve the prices of medicines to end the control of the prices of medicines, take notice of the matter of removing the control of the prices of the chief justice of Pakistan.
Meanwhile , Young Pharmacists Association (YPA) has also announced to protest Kakar government decision to deregulate drug prices . YPA chairman , Usman Hundal in his reaction to Kakar government decision of deregulation of drug prices said YPA would not allow any dubious mafia cum rulers to take any decision of deregulating drug prices. He said the decision of deregulation of drug prices is a fraud to the people of Pakistan and it would be resisted at all forums.
