The court ordered to distribute copies of the challan among the accused and adjourned the case till June 22. PHOTO: FILE
The case was registered after two pharmaceutical companies - Danas Pharmaceutical Limited and Berlex Lab International - were accused of obtaining export quotas for ephedrine in collusion with health ministry officials that exceeded the limits fixed by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
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Ansar Farooq, one of the directors at Danas Pharmaceutical Limited, moved the IHC through a petition challenging a joint trial on the grounds that the trial court cannot charge two different companies with no connection between them.
Farooq has called for the secretary Ministry of Narcotics Control and an Anti Narcotics Forces investigation officer to be made respondents.
The case comes up for hearing on Thursday (today) before an IHC division bench comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani.
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