Excise Dept issues licenses to 16 hand sanitizer manufacturing companies 

In the wake of coronavirus situation in the country, the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has issued licenses to 16 domestic and foreign hand sanitizer manufacturing companies to ensure its supply.

According to official sources, the department is making all-out efforts on an emergency basis to ensure supply of sanitizer. He said earlier only one company had a license. However now more companies have been granted licenses, the sources added.