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LHC forms commission; Punjab govt attempts damage control.

Court summons senior federal figures; pharmaceutical association professes its innocence.

PMA says disregard for seniority and merit in appointing medical institutions is affecting their performance.

Rather than making arrests, these issues need to be explored and ensure that a tragedy of this kind never occur again.

LHC tasks Justice Ijazul Hasan to probe deaths after Punjab government requests formation of commission.

FIA orders release of MS of PIC Dr Saleem Jaffar, Young Doctors call off strike after negotiations.

Death toll, meanwhile, continues to climb as three more patients expire.

Three more die in Lahore on Sunday.

Team of doctors constituted to monitor ward and provide speedy treatment to patients who have suffered a reaction.

Two patients admitted to Multan hospitals after consuming contaminated drugs.

A close look at the statistics shows that the deaths fall along class lines.

Petition filed in Lahore High Court calls for appointment of a health minister in Punjab.

Govt remains discreet about first autopsy report of PIC drug victim.

Judicial magistrate allows FIA five more days to investigate the accused.

Required information is yet to be provided to the FIA; Rehman Malik names 6 companies responsible for deaths.

Consult a doctor for alternatives, says ministry.

Punjab also needs to review the working of its health ministry, given the dengue debacle suffered last year.

Parliamentary health secretary admits until three weeks, govt did not know of patient deaths.

Lahore High Court issues notices to Secretary Health, DG FIA and Inspector General Punjab.

Death toll of PIC victims reach 101.

Death toll crosses 100, PPP wants families to lodge case against Shahbaz Sharif.

Officials to seize supplies of banned drugs from health centres.

Crackdowns on pharmacies started, lists of PIC patients in Multan demanded by health secretary.

Pakistan Medical Association calls for better regulation of drug manufacturers.

LHC will hear petition requesting formation of commission to investigate PIC, adulterated drugs.

Batch of medicine was dispatched to PIC’s dispensary from December 16 to January 12.

Head of committee probing the medical tragedy says deaths could reach 150.

Owner of pharmaceutical company, arrested earlier, says medicine reaction case of mismanagement.

Petition filed in LHC seeking inquiry into the deaths allegedly due to use of medicines provided by the PIC.

The tragic loss of life due to counterfeit, substandard medicines needs to be highlighted and immediately addressed.

Names of four drugs have been made public on the official website of Punjab health department.

As death toll mounts, CM forms inquiry committee.

The entire episode at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology reflects the need for an overhaul of our healthcare system.

A joint inquiry team headed by Director FIA Punjab will probe the incident and submit a report within three days.

The OPDs at Polyclinic Hospital and NIRM remained shut.

Panic spreads after the Punjab Institute of Cardiology distributes the medicine to over 400 people