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Islamabad Capital Territory Quality Control Board decided on Friday to prosecute cases of five druggists in the drug court for various contraventions of the Drugs Act, 1976.
These include Shah Medical Hall and Jadoon Medical Centre in Sector G-12, Lodhi Medical Store in Bhara Kahu, Saba Pharmacy on Lehtrar Road and Kashmri Hospital in Tarnol.
The decision was made in a meeting presided over by the Islamabad Chief Commissioner Zulfiqar Haider Khan, said a press release.
The board also suspended drug sale licences of two chemists namely Medicose in Sitara Market and Hamza Chemist in Tarnol for a period of eight weeks and issued warnings in four cases.
The board also approved proposal of establishment of drug testing lab to improve quality control activities.
The health department was also directed to gear up the campaign against quackery.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2015.
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