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PDA to hold its annual general meeting on June 24

The Pharmacists' Defence Association will hold its annual general meeting on June 24 this year. The event will be held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.

The association has urged members to participate and register before June 22. The meeting will see certain topics of discussions like - receiving the report on the preceding year’s activities from the general secretary, receiving and approving the annual report(s) and annual accounts for the previous year.


There will also be an approval of the appointment of auditors & assured assessor (15b)iv. Discussion on any resolution(s) received from the national executive committee in accordance with rule 15 b) v) too will be held along with any resolution(s) received from membership in accordance with rule 15 b) v) too will be pondered upon.

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