ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has recently approved the selection of Asim Rauf as the permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for three years.
An official of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS, R&C) recently told the local media that the federal cabinet gave approval to the appointment of Mr Asim Rauf, who has been serving as the acting CEO of the DRAP since April 2019, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the regulatory authority for the next three years.
He maintained that since working as the acting head of DRAP since April 2019, Mr Rauf had been granted extensions as the DRAP Cheif thrice by the cabinet in the past, but on the recommendations of the policy board of DRAP last month, his name was forwarded to the federal cabinet for appointment as the permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the DRAP for the next three years.
The official, however, said the formal notification regarding the appointment of Asim Rauf would be issued in a few days once the cabinet’s decisions were ‘officially conveyed’ to the National Health Services.
