The Lahore High Court on Friday adjourned hearing of the petition for a judicial inquiry into the deaths caused by toxic cough syrup, with a direction to the petitioner to file the amended petition.
The single bench comprising Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik heard the petition filed by Judicial Activism Panel.
Earlier, the petitioner’s counsel Azhar Siddique submitted that there was a dire need of constituting a Judicial Inquiry Tribunal in order to conduct a detailed probe into incident. He said national and international experts should also be consulted on the issue and public at large should be invited to submit evidence.
He pleaded that appropriate directions be issued for registration of criminal cases against the authorities concerned under murder charges as they had shown criminal negligence while discharging their duty.
However, the court directed counsel to file an amended petition and adjourned the matter.
