Crackdown on substandard items proposed

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar reviews preparations

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar reviewed preparations for launching a crackdown on those manufacturing and selling substandard products and cosmetics.

Presiding over a meeting on Thursday, the chief minister ordered for constituting a committee under Law Minister Raja Basharat. He said the committee would submit its recommendations within 30 days to stop manufacturing and sale of fake products and cosmetics.

The meeting also reviewed a proposal about setting up a separate authority for dealing with the manufacturing and sale of fake and substandard products.

Buzdar said that the mafia involved in the preparation and sale of substandard and fake products was given a free hand in the past, but there was no room for such mafias in the new Pakistan. Now, these corrupt elements would have to be eliminated in a practical manner as they were playing with the health of the people. This heinous business would not be tolerated at any cost, he added.

The chief minister directed the committee to submit comprehensive recommendations for taking decisive action.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24^th, 2019.