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Asim Rauf appointed DRAP CEO

M Waqar Bhatti
Thursday, Jan 27, 2022

KARACHI: After serving for over two and a half years as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), the federal cabinet approved the appointment of Asim Rauf as the permanent CEO of the regulatory authority for three years, officials in the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS, R&C) said on Wednesday. “The federal cabinet on Tuesday gave approval to the appointment of Mr Asim Rauf, who is 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,” an official of the NHS,R&C told The News. The official said the formal notification regarding the appointment of Asim Rauf would be issued in a few days once the cabinet’s decisions are ‘officially conveyed’ to the National Health Services.