Violation of licencing conditions: Doctor files application for bail before IHC

Dr Saeed has an MBBS degree but he did not have chemist licence to run a medical store established inside his clinic


Our Correspondent June 26, 2016
Islamabad High Court. PHOTO: IHC WEBSITE

ISLAMABAD: The doctor who casually The doctor who casually walked out of the drug court premises minutes before the dismissal of his bail plea on June 21, has now filed bail application before the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

The drug court chairperson, Khan Raheel Akhtar Yousafzai, had dismissed bail application of Dr Ayaz Saeed and his salesman, Asim Sohail, for not have a licence to dispense medicine in the clinic, located in Karachi Company.

Dr Saeed’s case is fixed before a division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb on June 27 (today).

According to the officials of the drug court, Dr Saeed has an MBBS degree but he did not have chemist licence to run a medical store established inside his clinic.

At the drug court hearing, Sohail remained at the courtroom, while Saeed had managed to escape from the premises before the verdict was announced.

Sohail was eventually arrested following the dismissal of the bail applications.

On June 21, when Saeed saw police officials gathering outside the courtroom holding handcuffs and waiting for the court decision on the bail plea, he casually walked out from the room located at the third floor of the Federal Judicial Complex in G-11/1.

The drug court chairperson had issued repeated directions to his counsel, Sardar Tariq Fareed Gopang, to produce him before the court but he kept requesting the court to either announce it in the absence of the suspect or adjourn the case for a day.

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Inspector of Drugs, Shabbir Ahmed, had informed the court that the suspect was accused of violating licencing conditions, and for his alleged involvement in selling and stocking of the expired drugs.

Besides, Saeed was accused of keeping thermolabile drugs at a higher temperature instead of storing at 2-8 centigrade.

Ahmed said that the copy of the drug sale licence produced for inspection revealed that it had expired on May 20, 2015, and no application for renewal of licence was submitted within the permissible time.

On September 24, 2015, the matter was referred to the quality control board for custody of seized items and permission for prosecution against Saeed and Sohail for contravening different provisions of Drug Act, 1976.

The board had issued notices to both the suspects in November 2015 but they did not reply to it, he said, adding that the board had then granted permission to prosecute the suspects in the public interest for committing offences under drug act.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27th, 2016.

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