ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has Proven itself too little by extending yet another look after charge of Regulatory Authority (DRAP) chief executive officer (CEO) to Asim Rauf, a known predator.
NEWSMAN found during the course of investigation that despite proving guilty on many serious counts like fraud and cheating in different positions in DRAP, federal cabinet, which was chaired by no one else by prime minister Imran Khan proved the summary of ministry of health and granted extension to Asim Rauf to hold office of DRAP CEO on look after charge for another three months.
Sources said the prime minister and his cabinet was not given a full picture of Asim Rauf’s case while seeking extension for him as look after charge of DRAP; CEO.
Asim Rauf is holding office of DRAP CEO on look after basis since 2019. Isn’t tenure as look after charge of CEO of a key department like DRAP itself prove that Asim Rauf is a tool for some powerful people in Imran Khan’s government and he is serving to his masters as per their expectations to continue enjoying his position as look after CEO DRAP for over two years.
Asim Rauf is a known name in Pakistan’s pharma industry. He is holding look after charge of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in violation of the rules. The rules of business demand appointment of permanent CEO for DRAP.
Since Asim Rauf is doing great service to those who installed him in DRAP as look after CEO, his facilitators are intentionally delaying appointment of a permanent CEO for DRAP.
Asim Rauf is a typical example of a predator as he engineers every tool and opportunity available to exploit the situation to facilitate those in system who can protect him to continue as look after DRAP CEO.
His track record clearly indicates he is a find stuff for those who wants to install a man of their choice at a position where money can be made through dirty tricks. Hence DRAP was a best place to have hold on it then make money himself and for his facilitators.
Asim Rauf’s facilitators ranging from the cabinet members, governors of at least two provinces and powerful pharma industrialists who go to any extent to install their man as DRAP CEO and then get favours from him to make windfall profit by getting fixed price of their products on higher side .
Asim Rauf is actually continuity of his predecessor, Akhtar Hussain, who made billions and facilitated his masters to help them make even more and left DRAP on court direction but managed to get inducted Asim Rauf, a man of the same mafia to whom he served as DRAP CEO.
The mafia backing Asim Rauf made 1000 billions in last two years through jacking up the prices of lifesaving drugs. The mafia has multiplied prices of the lifesaving drugs since 2018 when Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) came in power.
If you take a serious look on each character of Asim Rauf’s personality, he at one time is a villain and hero of Pakistan’s pharma industry. He is a man of the money mongers mafia having strong links at highest level in Imran government.