Abstract: The aim of present study was to examine the attitude of practicing pharmacists to their profession and identify the areas of improvement. A questionnaire was delivered to 200 community pharmacies randomly selected in Riyadh on their involvement in counseling and non-counseling activities and time consumed; type of advices sought by the patients; utilization of information resources and locally established drug information center services. The key findings of responses show the most common advices sought by patients, counseling on OTC and prescription medications were ranked top task. The information resources are limited, which is a major barrier in effective counseling. It is concluded that the community pharmacist is an important source of information and can play a vital role in promoting patient health care in the community. Thus, pharmacists in the community should be trained in an appropriate fashion to meet such goals.