Career Opportunities: Applications are invited for various positions.

Career Opportunities: Applications are invited for various positions.

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) employs over 500 people from a range of educational backgrounds, who have the skills and experience to perform regulatory operational services under the DRAP Act 2012. These include professionals both technical (qualifications in medicine and pharmacy-related sciences, etc.) and non-technical (qualifications in law, information and communication technology, accounts, human resources management, etc.)

DRAP is mandated to provide effective coordination and enforcement of The Drugs Act, 1976, and harmonization of inter-provincial trade and commerce of therapeutic goods. Being the national regulatory body for therapeutic goods, DRAP performs various regulatory functions of therapeutic goods including licensing of establishments, product registrations/marketing authorizations, pharmacovigilance, post-market surveillance and market control, regulatory inspections, laboratory testing, clinical trials oversight and lot release of biologicals.

The recruitment for vacant positions is in line with DRAP Employee Service Regulation 2015 and vacancies are advertised as per posts approved taking into account the needs of the Authority.  

Details of Vacant Positions advertised are as below.

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How to Apply:-

-Please visit the following link: http://etc.hec.gov.pk for online registration.

-In case of any difficulty during the online registration, please visit onlinehelp.hec.gov.pk or visit HEC Secretariat, or contact HEC regional offices for guidance.

-Application submission comprises two steps; profile completion using the “My Profile” section and application submission using the “Test Name” link on the menu panel in the left-hand sidebar of the online portal.

-Only SUBMITTED applications will be considered for the Test and applications in SAVE or INCOMPLETE mode will not be entertained.

How to Pay Test Fee

-Test Fee is to be deposited via 1Link/1Bill Invoice participating Banks/ATM/Internet Banking/Mobile Banking/Easypaisa/JazzCash/Upaisa.

The detail of the fee is as under:-

PositionTest Fee (PKR)
Director (RO-15)2500/-
Assistant Director (RO-12)1500/-
Assistant Bacteriologist /
Assistant Microbiologist (RO-11)
1000/-
Stenotypist (RO-10)1000/-
Data Entry Operator (RO-09)1000/-
Electrician (RO-06)600/-

-Once you have selected 1link 1bill Invoice payment service. Open /sign into your mobile app and click on Bill payment or payment services (as per your mobile banking app options).

-Click on 1Bill Invoice payment services and enter the consumer number generated by the ETC portal. Once you see the details, pay the amount.

-After depositing the fee through 1link 1Bill Invoice, click on Verify Online Payment on ETC Dashboard.

-The test fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.

-The candidates must get their queries/complaints resolved before the closure of the web registration portal. Queries/complaints handling beyond the registration deadline is denied by the system due to logistics/security reasons.

Note: It is Mandatory to bring your Original Roll Number Slip, Original  CNIC, Original Passport, and Paid Fee Receipt via 1 link otherwise candidate will not be allowed to sit in the exam.

Notification: Application on Form-5F (CTD) for Extension in the Contract Manufacturing Permission of Drugs.

Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan on the recommendation of the Registration Board has revised the data requirement for submitting applications for extension in the contract manufacturing permission of the drugs for those product where CTD dossiers has already been submitted and approved by the Registration Board. The Notification issued in this regard is as under:-


Minutes of the meetings of Clinical Studies Committee (CSC) conducted in the light of Bio Study Rules 2017

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Lists of Applications for Provisional Enlistment of Alternative Medicines and Health Products

Following is the provisional list of applications are received for provisional enlistment of products with the Division of Health & OTC, Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, Islamabad under provisions of SRO 412 (I)/2014 dated 27-5-2014. Applicant firm are requested to furnish comments with respect to submitted applications within 30 days of the uploading of this list, if any. The comments received within 30 days of the publication of this list will be given due consideration, after which a final list will be uploaded on the website. Comments received after due date shall not be entertained. The processing of these applications under provisions of above said SRO will be dealt on First Come First Serve basis as per sequence of date mentioned against each application

These lists are prepared according to types of products and categories of applicant’ firms, as under:-

Cancellation of Enlistment Certificates (Form-6 and Form-7) of two alternative products manufacturers’ for non-compliance to minimum regulatory requirements.

Enlistment Evaluation Committee (EEC) has cancelled the provisional enlistment certificates of two (02) alternative products manufacturing companies for non compliance to minimum manufacturing requirement as per applicable rules. The Committee also cancelled / revoked all the product enlistment certificates issued on the name of these two firms. The cancellation letters have been issued by the Division of Health & OTC to the all concerned authorities.

Decisions of 53rd Meeting of Medical Device Board (Deficiency letters for Imported Medical Devices)

The Medical Device Board (MDB) of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in its 53rd meeting has deferred the following applications of registration of medical devices due to various deficiencies / shortcomings in the applications dossiers. These applicants are requested to furnish the requisite information / documentations as directed by the Medical Device Board. The detail is provided in the below attachment