PM Shehbaz rejects increase in medicine prices

PM Shehbaz rejects increase in medicine prices

Islamabad (Web Desk): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected a proposal increase in prices of medicines.

The proposal was tabled during a cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister.

Last week, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved a summery to increase the prices of medicines.

Earlier the day, Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel termed the reports about shortage of paracetamol in the country as baseless.

Addressing a press conference, the minister also announced to launch a countrywide crackdown against those involved in producing and spreading counterfeit medicines.