ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and intelligence agencies will be tasked with taking action against “disreputable elements” who try to “blackmail and coerce” government officials by writing letters to international organizations. have been.
JEE News reported that these men have allegedly been involved in making allegations against national institutions in the country.
A senior official of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination said that the Ministry of Health has sent several letters to organizations including Financial Action Task Force (FATF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, e Mails and memorandums are intercepted. World Health Organization (WHO) and others.
The communications reportedly urged the aforementioned organizations to stop providing funding and loans to Pakistan, alleging corruption and money laundering among Pakistani individuals.
“We have intercepted several letters, e-mails and memorandums to FATF, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and other international bodies, including They have been asked to freeze funds and loans to Pakistan, alleging that some Pakistani institutions and officials were ‘corrupt’ and ‘involved’ in money laundering, the official told JEE News.
The official also said that these elements have been pressuring the ministry and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for the past five years to settle their cases before the drug court and stop the sale of fake, substandard and potentially harmful drugs. Ask permission to continue preparation. .
According to letters and emails written by some so-called pharmacists to international financial institutions, FATF, IMF, World Bank and WHO were urged to freeze funds and loans to Pakistan. Give’ because the Ministry of National Health and its institutions are ‘corrupt’. and involved in money laundering’, the official further claimed.
The Health Ministry official claimed that the main accused is a person, who claims to be the Secretary General of an unregistered Pharmacists Association and has a history of filing false and frivolous complaints before various authorities and judicial forums in Pakistan. .
“Due to false and frivolous nature, various complaints filed by them with [Federal Investigation Agency] FIA, [National Accountability Bureau] NAB and other Pakistani agencies have already been dismissed. But the Ministry To blackmail health officials, they have now started approaching international financial agencies and financial institutions, which is tantamount to rebellion.”
Similarly, these elements have written emails to the WHO headquarters in Geneva, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean region and the DRAP and provincial laboratories in Pakistan to prevent international accreditation, which Drape and the ministry have been accused of corruption. mentioned.
“On the other hand, DRAP is currently in the process of being accredited by WHO and PIC/S (Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention Scheme); this accreditation will add Pakistan to the World Health Organisation’s list of authorities worldwide. However , anti-state activities and continuous false and frivolous complaints by these people are adversely affecting the accreditation process,” the official claimed.
When contacted, Drape’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) confirmed that his officials involved in operations against fake and unregistered drugs were being blackmailed by a group of people for the past five years to get their Cases against should be withdrawn. The drug courts say that these ‘elements’ are using all means, including the use of mainstream and social media, to defame the authority and its officials.
All the Chief Executive Officers of DRAP, including Dr Muhammad Aslam, Shaikh Akhtar Hussain and myself, were blackmailed, threatened and pressured not to take action against those involved in making spurious, spurious and fake medicines. Similarly, our senior officers involved in licensing, registration and anti-fake drug operations are being defamed and blackmailed,” said CEO DRAP Asim Rauf.
Asim Rauf expressed his regret and said that in Pakistan it is very easy to accuse anyone of corruption without any evidence, he added that so far no investigation agency including FIA and NAB have been able to accuse these elements. There is no truth in me.
“But apart from approaching local investigative agencies, these people are involved in anti-state activities by filing complaints with FATF, IMF, WHO and other international bodies, which amount to high treason and sedition.” “On our request, the Ministry of Health has contacted the FIA and Intelligence to take action against these elements,” he added.
