F.P. Report
LAHORE: The Chemists and Druggist Association continues its shutter down strike across Punjab on the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday against the Drug act 2017.
The shutter down strike creates problems for the patients as the medical stores were closed from the last six days. The medical stores in all big cities of Punjab including Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Rahim Yar Khan and Rawalpindi are closed.
According to the Drug Act 2017, punishment of five-year jail with one million rupees fine has been announced for those who will sale substandard medicines, five-year jail and five crore rupees fine for those who will sale fake medicines, ten-year jail and ten crore rupees fine for those who will sale medicines without license.
