GUJRANWALA: Deputy Commissioner Amir Jaan said that no one would be allowed to play with lives and health of the people.
Presiding over a quality control board meeting, he directed the task forces to expedite the pace of action against quacks, medical stores and clinics found selling and using of expired and banned medicines. Chief executive officer health Dr Saeed Ullah Khan and other officers of health department were presented in the meeting. Total 74 cases were placed before the board from which 53 cases were recommended to send the drug court for violating the drug act while FIRs would be got registered against two medical stores for selling fake and expired medicines. The meeting also issued show cause notices to that stores which were involved in minor violating.
Separately, Municipal Corporation Mayor Sheikh Sarwat Ikram directed the building inspectors to stop work at all buildings being constructed without NOC from the municipal corporation. He also asked them to present complete lists of illegal commercial buildings in the revenue limit of Municipal Corporation within three days positively. While addressing a meeting with building inspectors he said notices may be served to the owners of illegal buildings to got NOCs from the corporation office. He directed that all the building inspectors to take steps for enhance the revenue of Municipal Corporation. He said that owners of all the illegal buildings should get NOCs otherwise their buildings would be demolished.
Meanwhile, an FIA team arrested a proclaimed offender here from Kamonke. When the FIA team raided for the arrest Amjad opened fire on the team. The accused was involved in sending people abroad through illegal documents and he was wanted to FIA in three cases.
Published in Daily Times, August 27th 2017.
