Punjab Chief Minister Reviews Proposed Crackdown On Manufactureres Of Fake Products, Cosmetics

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office on Thursday and reviewed preparations for launching a crackdown on those manufacturing and selling substandard fake products and cosmetics

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019 ) :Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office on Thursday and reviewed preparations for launching a crackdown on those manufacturing and selling substandard fake products and cosmetics.

The chief minister ordered for constituting a committee under Law Minister Raja Basharat. He said the committee would submit its recommendations within 30 days for stopping manufacturing and sale of fake products and cosmetics.

The meeting also reviewed a proposal about setting up a separate authority for dealing with manufacturing and sale of fake and substandard products.

Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that no action was taken against substandard and fake products in the past and the outgoing governments paid no attention to it.

He said that the mafia involved in preparation and sale of substandard and fake products was given a free hand in the past, but there was no room for such mafias in the new Pakistan.

Now this mafia would have to be eliminated in practical manner as they were playing with the health of people. This heinous business would not be tolerated at any cost, he added.

The chief minister directed the committee to submit comprehensive recommendations for taking a decisive action.

Provincial ministers Muhammad Basharat Raja, Chaudhry Zaheeruddin, Ansar Majeed Khan Niazi, ACS (Home), secretaries of women development, industries, specialised healthcare & medical education, Primary & secondary health, information departments, DG PFA and others attended the meeting.