District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad, Dr. Zaeem Zia has assured of extending all out support to chemists and druggists of the federal capital in promotion of their businesses.
He made the assurance while talking to a delegation of Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCGA) Federal Branch led by President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) AhsanZafarBakhtawari which called on him on Tuesday and discussed with him matters to promote ease of doing business for the chemists and druggists in the federal capital and facilitate the better growth of their business activities.
The delegation comprised Mian Tariq Saeed Chairman, QaiserMasood Secretary General PCGA Federal Branch, Tariq Mahmood, ArifYar Khan, NajeebAbbasi, Abdul Aziz, Malik Ashfaq, UsmanHafeez and others.
President ICCI AhsanZafarBakhtawari briefed the DHO Islamabad about the key issues of the chemists and the druggists and offered useful suggestions to resolve them. He highlighted the impact of online buying and selling of medicines on the genuine business community and stressed that the government should develop a proper mechanism to monitor such illegal activities. He lauded the efforts of DHO Islamabad to improve the performance of DHUs and BHUs in Islamabad and assured that the business community would cooperate with him in such good efforts.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Zaeem Zia, DHO Islamabad assured the delegation that he would take measures to address the issues highlighted by them. He said that the online system of pharmacy licenses, medical store licenses, and distribution licenses would be further improved as per suggestions given by the delegation. He also briefed the delegation about the deployment of new ambulances arranged by the DHO Islamabad for the DHUs in Islamabad, which are equipped with modern equipment.
Chairman Mian Tariq Saeed and Secretary General Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (Federal Branch) QaiserMasood shared their ideas to further improve the digitization of licenses for pharmacies and medical stores to promote ease of doing business. They also shared their proposals about Nordex and Sanofi companies that needed the attention of DHO Islamabad.
