Welcome to the official portal of the Directorate General Drug Control & Pharmacy Services, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Driven by our mandate to safeguard public health and our objective to ensure the availability of safe, effective, and high-quality therapeutic goods at affordable prices, our organization oversees the provincial pharmaceutical sector through four core operational sections:
• Quality Control & Drug Regulation: Ensures the enforcement of The Drugs Act, 1976 and DRAP Act, 2012, managing licensing, routine market surveillance, and legal action against unregistered, counterfeit, or substandard therapeutic goods.
• Quality Assurance & Drug Testing Laboratories (DTLs): Conducts rigorous laboratory testing and spot screening via static and mobile DTLs to guarantee that all circulating medicines meet high safety, quality, and WHO-aligned compliance standards.
• Medicine Coordination Cell (MCC): Provides technical assistance and framework rate-contracting for the procurement of cost-effective, high-quality medicines, disposables, and equipment across public health facilities in KP.
• Pharmacy Services: Oversees clinical and hospital pharmacy management, pharmacovigilance, medication safety, and rational drug use policies to elevate patient care standards statewide.
Enforcing the Drug Act 1976 & DRAP Act 2012; e-Drug sale licensing.
Conducting tests and issuing reports on drugs & medical devices.
Selection & rate contracting of essential medicines, medical devices, etc.
Hospital & clinical pharmacy management; pharmacovigilance & medication safety.
33441
Inspections Made
24463
Samples Taken
4277
Seizures (Form-4/6)
5146
Cases Referred to PQCB
1439
Prosecutions Launched
970
Cases Decided by Drug Court
395
Medicine Shops Sealed
PKR 25 M
Total Fines Imposed
23 samples declared substandard, 37 unregistered, 16 spurious, and 19 misbranded — driving targeted enforcement action province-wide.