Commenting that the punishment of the drugs court should extended to seven years’ imprisonment, the Sindh High Court (SHC) issued show-cause notices on Tuesday to 44 medical store owners and ordered them to appear before the court on February 27.
A division bench of the SHC comprising Justices Sajjad Ali Shah and Akeel Ahmed Abbasi was hearing an application filed by Sindh Prosecutor General Shahadat Awan.
The prosecutor appeared before the bench and said in Punjab, many people have died after using low quality medicines.
He requested the court to increase the sentence to seven years of the accused ordered to pay fines ranging between Rs 10,000 and 20,000 by the drugs court.
He said the constitution of Pakistan guarantees fundamental rights to the citizens, including enjoyment of life and good health.
“Citizens can only enjoy good health if they get medicines of quality standard. However, the departments concerned have never paid serious attention to checking whether medicines imported or manufactured here fulfill the required standards or not or whether they are in compliance with the provisions of the Drugs Act,” he said.
