The person who would sack the health minister is also the health minister himself!
LAHORE: Had the medicines scandal happened even in India, by now the minister in charge of the health department would have either resigned, or would have been sacked. However, in this situation, the person who would sack the health minister is also the health minister himself! So perhaps it would be too much to expect the Punjab chief minister to take responsibility for this tragedy and tender his resignation.
Of course, this is Pakistan, a land where no one ever resigns, so the next best thing we should expect is that enough checks should be put in place that nothing of this sort happens again. Also, the families of those who have died should be given generous financial compensation.
Nadya A Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, February 1st, 2012.
