The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has unanimously elected Mian Khalid Misbahur Rehman as Central Chairman at the Annual General Meeting of PPMA at a local hotel in Lahore.
This was a proud moment for the family as his father Mian Misbah has also served as Chairman of the esteemed association. Chaudhry Israr Sharif and Dr Mahwash Khan took oath as Senior Vice-Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively. Dr Shafiqueur Rehman was elected as the Zonal Chairman for North Zone (Punjab & KP). Ch Muhammad Hanif (Chief Election Commissioner) administered the oath of office to newly elected executive committee members and office bearers.
Former chairmen and Pak pharmaceutical industry including Dr AQ Khokhar, Mian Asad Shujaur Rehman, Zahid Saeed, Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, Dr Kaiser Waheed Sheikh, Hamid Raza, Kashif Sajjad Sheikh, Qazi Mansoor Dilawar, Tauqeerul Haq, Syed Farooq Bokhari, Mian Tariq Misbah, Ch Yousaf Ali, Osman Khalid Waheed, Shafique Abbasi, Dr Tahir Azam, Ehtishamul Haq, Nadeem Zafar, Saleem Iqbal, Nadir Khan, Adnan Hirani, Atif Iqbal, Arshad Mahmood, Khalid Munir, Uzair Nagra, Hamid Zaka, Aman Sheikh, Usman Shaukat and Haseeb Khan graced the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Syed Farooq Bokhari highlighted the challenges and praised his hardworking team and support members during the flood catastrophe.
Misbah praised Syed Farooq Bokhari for his vision and dedication. He also highlighted the agenda for the next year including the dire need to update the country’s drug laws based on international references, improving the pricing policy, enhancing export etc. with the aim to continue providing quality and affordable medicines to the public. He thanked the caretaker Federal Ministers Dr Nadeem Jan and Gohar Ejaz for their positive view of this essential industry and looked forward to cooperation by Asim Rauf, CEO of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).