The Supreme Court (SC), in its spurious drugs suo moto notice case, ordered the concerned authorities to take action only after thorough investigation.
The apex court also ordered to release the doctors arrested on personal guarantees and asked the doctors not to give strike calls. The SC has sought report in the matter by February 06.
The Supreme Court will hear suo moto case of the deaths of more than 90 heart patients under treatment at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), either from spurious drugs or due to wrong prescription of blood thinning and lipid lowering medicines.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took notice of a note initiated by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and issued notices to the Attorney General, Punjab Advocate General, federal and provincial secretaries, DG FIA and IG Punjab.
The chief justice directed the office to register the note as a petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution as prima facie it seemed that the provisions of Articles 9 and 14 of the Constitution had not been adhered to strictly.
The chief justice further directed that the case be listed before a bench, headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, and issued notices to the Attorney General, the Advocate General Punjab, Secretaries Health of the Federal Government as well as Government of Punjab, PPO Punjab and DG FIA to appear before the bench and file a reply before the petition.
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