Commissioner orders crackdown on quacks.

MULTAN -- Commissioner Multan Division Shan-ul-Haq has directed officers concerned to launch a crackdown on quacks across the division.

Presiding over a meeting here on Monday, he said that protection of public lives was top priority and no negligence would be tolerated in that regard. He said that quacks and medical stores involved in selling fake medicines would be sealed and quacks would be sent to jails.

He directed drug inspectors to get samples of 'beauty creams' and other medicines being used at slimming centers. He stressed the need for regular district quality board meetings to redress issues.

The commissioner was briefed that drug inspectors conducted 6,968 raids in the last year and checked samples of 1,653 medicines...