Amraiz Khan
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Tuesday said that the PTI government believed in supremacy of law and the Constitution so that the court’s decision regarding Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership would be implemented. He said that opposition instead of targeting the government should turn its guns towards India for atrocities and brutalities being committed by India in occupied Kashmir. Talking to the media after addressing the 20th International Pharmacy Conference at a local hotel, he said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was not afraid of opposition’s politics of protest as the people had completely rejected the opposition, adding the government would complete its constitutional tenure of five years, therefore the next elections would be held on its scheduled time in 2023.
Chaudhry Sarwar said that the government had taken historic initiatives to bring improvement in health sector as provision of basic facilities to the people was among top priorities of the government. He said that effective policies of the PTI government helped not only in strengthening national economy but also achieving significant successes against terrorism, adding that Pak Army rooted out terrorism from country due to which the foreign investors were now showing keen interest to invest in Pakistan. The international monetary organizations including International Monetary Fund (IMF) had also lauded Pakistan’s growth rate and facilities being given to the investors, he maintained.
During first four months of current fiscal year, 64 percent decrease in current account deficit and 35 percent in trade deficit helped in increasing the value of rupee against dollar, he said and added the PTI government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan has put the country on road to progress and prosperity.
Earlier addressing the Conference, Chaudhry Sarwar said that Medical Teaching Act (MTI) was being prepared in which pharmacy and teaching hospitals would also be included, adding that it was also a responsibility of pharmaceutical companies to play their role in providing quality and standardized medicines at cheap rates.
He said that undoubtedly the prices of medicines across the world were higher as compared to Pakistan, maintaining that the pharmaceutical companies should prepare the medicines as per international standards so that these could be exported to other countries.
