KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday allowed a private pharmaceutical company to sell 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine that the pharmaceutical firm had imported last month. Justice Nadeem Akhter of the Sindh High Court dismissed the government’s plea to restrict AGP Limited from selling the vaccine for a week until the government fixed its maximum price. Justice Akhter questioned why the government had failed to fix the price until now, despite the vaccine having been privately imported more than two weeks ago. The Russian vaccine is the first to be imported by a private firm in Pakistan. The watchdog urged the Prime Minister to “cancel” the private import of the vaccine, citing concerns over price and its potential for corruption in the health sector.

Source: Pakistan Today April 01, 2021 16:52 UTC