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February 21, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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PM Shehbaz directs establishment of world-class drug lab in ICT

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the establishment of an international-level drug testing laboratory in Islamabad to ensure global standards for medicines in the country. He gave these directions while chairing a meeting on health and pharmaceutical sector reforms in Islamabad. The Prime Minister also instructed to launch mobile hospitals to deliver healthcare facilities in the outskirts of Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, and Balochistan. He advised an operation against the spurious medicines in the country in consultation with the provincial governments. He emphasized that fraudsters cannot be allowed to play with human lives. Shehbaz Sharif said that a comprehensive plan should