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FIA nabs owners of pharmaceutical companies

Investigators of FIA on Monday arrested owners of three pharmaceutical factories involved in selling contaminated medicines at Punjab Institute of Cardiology. FIA officials arrested aforesaid owners of Alfa Pharma, Mega Pharma and Pharma Wise including Waseem Chaudhary, Tahir Azam and Ch Nadir after registering three cases against them on the complaint of drug inspectors during an enquiry initiated by the FIA on the directions of Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Punjab FIA Director Waqar Haider said investigators will conduct investigations on merit and any one found involved in the issue would be dealt with according to the law, adding that more arrests would be made also. Earlier taking notice of the tragedy, Malik constituted a joint enquiry team under the supervision of Punjab FIA Director Waqar Haider. The team included federal drug inspector, other FIA officials and other relevant personnel. Malik also directed the joint enquiry team to submit a report within three days, identifying the cause of the incident, recommendations to prevent a similar incident in the future and legal action against the responsible. It is learnt that FIA had also received a letter from the Governor House in which Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa directed Haider to probe the matter regarding the deaths and submit an enquiry report.

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