ISLAMABAD – Federal Cabinet has decided to reduce prices of eighty-ninemedicines, including life-saving drugs, by fifteen percent with immediateeffect to provide relief to people.
Briefing media persons about cabinet meeting decisions in Islamabad onTuesday, Special Assistant on Health Zafar Mirza said the prices have beendecreased under Medicine Pricing Policy 2018.
The Special Assistant said the Prime Minister has directed to reviewmedicine policy within two months.
He said National Medicine Policy is being prepared under whichpharmaceutical sector will be regularized.
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan,while answering a question, said that the cabinet out rightly rejectedremoval of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz’ name from the Exit Control List withconsensus. She said 24 cases pertaining to including and removing names ofvarious people from ECL were presented before the cabinet, which approvedplacement of four names on ECL, removal of eight names, while decision oneight other cases was deferred. She said there should be one and uniformlaw in Pakistan without any special treatment.
The Special Assistant also informed the media that that the cabinet hasapproved a special financial package to facilitate people living along theLine of Control in Azad Kashmir. She said 33,498 families, who are directvictims of Indian firing along LOC, and each of them would get 5,000 rupeeson quarterly basis under this package.
Read Top Stories
She said the cabinet approved one-time import of polio finger marker fromIndia on the recommendations of World Health Organization.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan told that Prime Minister Imran Khan has also directedChairman Capital Development Authority to take immediate steps to cleargarbage and waste from Islamabad.
She said reforms in tax laws were also approved by the cabinet and thePrime Minister directed Federal Board of Revenue to prepare a publicfriendly mechanism to facilitate common people.
