Eight brands of bottled water declared illegal
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KARACHI: Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has identified eight bottled drinking water as unfit for human consumption.
The names of products are: Active, Aqua National, Elight Water, Alpine Hyder8, Sparkel Pure, Al-Sana, Aqua Q and Aab-E-Kausar.
These products are neither approved nor licensed by the PSQCA. Purchase or sale of these brands is illegal.
Purchase or sale of the above mentioned water is against the law and the concerned persons/institution/retailers will be liable for punishment under PSQCA Act-VI/1996.
Failure to do so is punishable with fine, which shall not be less than Rs50,000 and imprisonment up to one year, says a press release.
Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2014
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Oct 28, 2014 10:15am
Who will listen and who will implement? Pakistan is a country where legal is illegal and illegal is legal
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Oct 28, 2014 10:34am
Are you going to impose fine if any of the bottle brand belongs to ex president or this law is only for poor
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Oct 28, 2014 10:54am
its reveals these type of local companies must be ban in our Karachi i think these are not companies, these are kind of Water Mafia utmost remorse they are playing with Impeccable’s life.
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Oct 28, 2014 02:52pm
@A Pakistani , whether you listen or not, legal or illegal, if you want to take care of your health, listen to Quality Control Authority otherwise Kay Sera Sera.
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Oct 29, 2014 10:40am
PAT is right... our government cannot even give us clean water.... even the bottle water that we buy... now that is sad.. paying for something which is worthless...
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