NIB Officials Visit CIRIN Plant at Hattar

Mr. Rashid Qazi (RGM EBG), Mr. Usman Butt (Unit Manager), and Mr. Ayub (Credit Officer) from NIB Bank, Islamabad paid a visit to CIRIN's manufacturing facilities in Hattar. The visit was organized as part of steps to acquaint NIB’s EBG Team in Islamabad to the operations of CIRIN Pharmaceuticals. Both organizations have been exploring the possibility of striking a deal for working capital financing – that may further strengthen the momentum CIRIN has gained in recent past.

Mr. Munim Sultan Mir (Executive Director), Mr. Khwaja Abdul Basir (Sales Director), Mr. Ashraf Malik (Plant Manager), and Riaz Javeed Siddiki (Finance Manager), received the guests on behalf of CIRIN.

Mr. Qazi, along with his team members, took an hour long round of manufacturing facilities and express pleasure over - infrastructure the company was having. He, especially, praised the commitment level of members of CIRIN’s Production team – and said that he was impressed the way such elaborate production & quality management systems were being followed at the plant.

Mr. Munim also briefed the visitors about company’s history and future plans of the management. Mr. Qazi opined that with the sort of efforts management was putting in, it won’t take long for CIRIN to earn a place in leading pharmaceutical companies of Pakistan. Mr. Munim and Mr. Basir, thanked the visitors, on behalf of TeamCIRIN, for the confidence that NIB’s management reposed in CIRIN by formally offering credit facilities.

CIRIN Gets ISO9001: 2000 Certification for 2nd Term

It has been now 3 years since CIRIN was certified under ISO9001: 2000 back in 2004. The second certification audit was due in the month of January, 2008. This audit was conducted by a team of sernior auditors from SGS, consisting of Mr. Waqas Ali (Lead Auditor), Mr. Waseem Asif, and Mr. Nadeem Anwar.

The management is pleased to confirm that CIRIN was recommended for re-certification by the auditors upon successful completion of audit. The auditors in their closing meeting expressed their satisfaction on the adequacy of Quality Management System of the company as well as the implementation level. Mr. Nadeem stated that he had recently audited a few pharmaceutical units abroad, and he found CIRIN’s system at par with plants operating in advanced countries.

Mr. Ashraf Malik (Management Representative) of CIRIN thanked the auditors for their valuable feedback and praised his entire team for achieving such level of conformance that there was not a single non-conformance found throughout the audit activity.

MyBank Officials pay CIRIN a Visit at Hattar:

A three member team of officials from MyBank's Regional Head Office (North) paid a visit to CIRIN’s production facilities at Hattar. This visit was arranged by CIRIN to share recent developments made by the company with its partner and to further strengthen the coordination between two organizations.

Mr. Zahid Pervez, Mr. Syed Kamran Arif, and Mr. Amir Malik from MyBank’s side witnessed production in different sections and spoke with different members of TeamCIRIN. They were impressed with the infrastructure CIRIN had maintained and the commitment level of its employees (at all levels). Mr. Zahid expressed that CIRIN had got all the ingredients of a successful organization and “TeamCIRIN is a winning combination”. He wished CIRIN success in time to come.

CIRIN Incorporated: Birth of an Idea

CIRIN is brain-child of a group of professionally sound and highly motivated entrepreneurs pooling their intellectual, technical and financial resources to setup a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility - catering healthcare needs of the common man.The ideology driving this project - is to make available low-cost, high-quality healthcare to people across Pakistan and to improve 'Quality of Life'; where it really matters.

Foundations of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility were laid down in 1992 at a prime location in Hattar Industrial Estate (some 50km from Islamabad, the Capital of Pakistan). The company is primarily involved in formulation manufacturing of traditional allopathic medicine. It runs advanced, WHO, cGMP compliant and ISO 9001: 2000 certified production facilities capable of manufacturing tablets, capsules, dry powder for syrups, sachets, powder and liquid injectables. Separate areas are dedicated for production of different products and full compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) is ensured at every stage.

Manned by highly skilled and trained professionals, CIRIN's production department is considered to be one of the best in the region. Every member of the team takes pride in his / her work and does the utmost to maintain level of excellence that the company has achieved over the years.

As a responsible member of the society, CIRIN strongly believes in equal opportunity to all employees without any prejudice on gender basis, or religion basis. Both male and female members of the production team work hand-in-hand to achieve organizational goals.