Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of board members of Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority (PAFDA) here Wednesday. He expressed his indignation over large number of members of government sector on the board of the authority besides delay in some matters and reprimanded authorities concerned. The Chief Minister directed to change all official members of the authority and said in spite of his clear instructions it is regrettable that the number of official members in the authority is very high.
Addressing the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif said that experts from private sector would be in majority in the authority and the Punjab Agriculture; Food & Drug Authority would be completely autonomous. He said as Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority is directly linked with human lives therefore there is no justification for delay in the matters with regard to making the authority functional.
Shahbaz Sharif said that the elements engaged in the heinous business of spurious drugs are enemies of humanity while those dealing in fake agriculture medicines are causing a loss to agriculture sector. He said that it is time to root out the evil trade of spurious medicines and Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority has to play a vital role in this regard.
Punjab Chief Minister said that traditional methods are insufficient in the service of the people of the province. He said they were answerable to Allah as well as masses and only those officers who would deliver results would remain on their posts. He said that board of Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority would meet twice a month while he would personally preside over its meeting on monthly basis.
Provincial Ministers Bilal Yasin, Dr Farrukh Javed, Advisor Khawaja Salman Rafique, Additional Chief Secretary, Chairman Planning & Development, Secretaries of concerned departments and board members of the authority attended the meeting.
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