{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_th5iv56p4zf2kq6ej34a","title":"Doctors cannot run drug stores without licence: FCC","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/doctors-cannot-run-drug-stores-without-licence-fcc-th5iv56p4z","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_eq5wxyiz6ztiou4ozfqa","seq":1513814,"kind":"article","title":"Doctors cannot run medical stores without drug-sale licence, FCC rules","url":"https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/975919-doctors-cannot-run-medical-stores-without-drugsale-licence-fcc-rules","published":"2026-10-03T10:09:36Z","seen":"2026-10-03T10:09:36Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"dunyanews.tv","name":"dunyanews.tv","domain":"dunyanews.tv","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q5315817","name":"Dunya News","type":"broadcaster","country":"PK","designations":["television station"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","crime","health","politics"],"story":"st_th5iv56p4zf2kq6ej34a","category":"health","category_p":0.5199999809265137,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.09000000357627869,"political":0.10999999940395355},{"id":"n_th5iv56p4zf2kq6ej34a","seq":1464716,"kind":"article","title":"Doctors cannot run drug stores without licence: FCC","url":"https://www.dawn.com/news/2034360/doctors-cannot-run-drug-stores-without-licence-fcc","summary":"• Observes Pharmacy Act and Drugs Act perform different legal functions • Sets aside 2023 PHC order restraining regulatory action ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday ruled that a registered medical practitioner (doctor) may prescribe and dispense medicine to his own patient within the scope of Section 31(4)(a) of the Pharmacy Act 1967, but cannot maintain a medical store or retail drug outlet without a licence under the Drugs Act 1976. The FCC issued…","published":"2026-10-03T02:02:11Z","seen":"2026-10-03T02:36:31Z","lang":"en","country":"PK","source":{"id":"kite-dawn-com-66ec2f","name":"dawn.com","domain":"dawn.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1178770","name":"Dawn","type":"newspaper","country":"PK","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-dawn-com-66ec2f","topics":["pakistan"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q128831","name":"Federal Communications Commission","type":"org"}],"image":"https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2026/10/030701245496a5f.webp","mentions":2,"story":"st_th5iv56p4zf2kq6ej34a","category":"health","category_p":0.5099999904632568,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.07999999821186066,"political":0.14000000059604645}]}