Paracetamol and ibuprofen have vanished from Karachi as a new wave of coronavirus epidemic, driven by Omicron variant, has gripped the city. Pharmacies have been reported overcharging consumers for these two over-the-counter drugs citing the
Chemists, druggists to go on countrywide strike from July 15
July 10, 2021
Rawalpindi : Under the umbrella of All Pakistan Pharma Movement (APPM), chemists and druggists have decided to go on strike on July 15 (Thursday) throughout Pakistan to record protest against the federal government’s decision of imposition of new taxes on life-saving drugs.
In a meeting of chemists and druggists hailing from all across Pakistan, the organizers including APPM, Pakistan Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association (PCDA) and Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association has decided to launch a national level movement against the government’s decision of imposing advance tax in pharma sector.
In the ‘convention’, held here in a local hotel in town under the flag of All Pakistan Pharma Trade and Industry on Friday, the organisers announced that chemists and druggists would go on strike all across Pakistan on Thursday to record their protest and if the government would not pay any hee
Chemists stage protest in Peshawar
July 1, 2021
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Chemist and Druggist Association, Peshawar chapter, on Wednesday staged protest against the government decision to impose new taxes in the budget.
Talking to The News, Chemist and Druggist Association president Fayyaz Dawar said that the government’s flawed policies had affected their businesses and now they were forced to close their businesses. He said that imposition of the new taxes would force them to close the businesses. He added that several retail businesses had already laid off their staff as the businesses had been in decline for the last couple of years.Fayyaz Dawar said that the government had asked distributors to collect taxes for them from the retailers, adding that the ultimate burden would fall on the general public as the retailers had been asked to get that tax from the public. He maintained that the retailers had made it clear to the distributors that if their bills contained the new taxes