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‘262%’ hike in life-saving drugs challenged in LHC

by News desk
September 27, 2020
in Business

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Staff Reporter

Lahore

A lawyer approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday challenging the recent 262 per cent hike in prices of essential life-saving drugs.
Advocate Nadeem Sarwar moved a writ petition, requesting the high court to declare the government’s September 22 decision of jacking up rates of 94 essential medicines illegal. Hike in prices of 94 life-saving drugs by DRAP ‘inevitable’: SAPM He cited the federal and provincial governments as well as other relevant authorities as respondents.
The petitioner states in his petition that rates of essential life-saving medicines have been increased by up to 262 per cent by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in violation of the laws and pleaded with the court to declare the increase unlawful.