Quality control watchdog warns of crackdown

30 days deadline given by PSQCA to all stores to remove all products of illegal and unregistered companies in Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has given 30 days deadline to all superstores in the city to remove all products of illegal, substandard and unregistered companies.

PSQCA spokesman said the decision was taken after negotiations were held between the PSQCA and Super Stores Association Lahore on Friday. After serving notices, the PSQCA raided different superstores of the city and seized a huge quantity of stocks of illegal, unregistered and substandard companies’ products.

After that, a delegation of the Super Stores Association, led by its chairman Jamil Ahmed, president Akhtar Mahmood and general secretary Imran Saleemi approached the PSQCA office and met PSQCA Lahore Zone Director Waseem Mirza, deputy directors Asghar Ali, Rizwan Ahmed and Assistant Director Muhammad Nauman.

After a successful dialogue, the stores owners were given a deadline of 30 days to remove all the stocks of illegal and unregistered companies.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2018.