VC says he is hopeful of positive outcomesISLAMABAD: The Pharmacy Council of Pakistan’s (PCP) conditional offer to register Quaid-e-Azam University’s (QAU) department of pharmacy for two years is in doldrums as the university management has neither refused the offer nor accepted it, Pakistan Today has learnt. A senior official at the university told Pakistan Today that though the PCP showed the willingness to register pharmacy department, it ironically imposed strange conditions. Besides that, they cannot open a pharmacy shop because they don’t have a pharmacist license, which is a compulsory certificate. When approached, QAU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Javed Ashraf he termed the PCP offer a welcome move and expressed optimism that the matter of recognition of the pharmacy department will be settled. He, however, didn’t clearly state whether the university would convince the PCP to withdraw the conditions, or the university would not accept the offer if the PCP does not budge.

Source: Pakistan Today February 19, 2018 15:53 UTC