Pakistan

LHC takes suo moto notice, Police arrest Dasti's brother

Express May 26, 2010

LAHORE: Muzaffargarh police arrested MNA elect Jamshed Dasti's brother along with six security guards on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the chief justice of Lahore High Court had taken a suo moto notice of torture on doctors by Jamshed Dasti, his security guards and 23 other people during a protest in Muzaffargarh.

LHC CJ Khawaja Muhammad Shareef on Wednesday ordered the DPO of Muzaffargarh to present the record of the case in court on May 27th.

In related developments, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also ordered an immediate inquiry in this case. An inquiry committee has been constituted for the purpose.

On Tuesday, Police registered a case against the PPP MNA and 20 other persons. Dasti and his guards allegedly attacked doctors and nurses of Muzaffargarh District Hospital, accused of medical negligence.

After the incident, on the appeal of Pakistan Medical Association, doctors all over Punjab are observing strike.

Meanwhile, the relatives of the patient who allegedly died due to medical neglignce are demanding the arrest of the doctors involved.

COMMENTS (15)

Mushtaque Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply Government of the elite, by the elite, for the elite. Shame! Shame! Shame!

talha | 14 years ago | Reply I really appriciate the concern of my dear countary fellows about "looking" the other side of story. probably the debate will be too long. a heart attack is not a simple emergency. needs cardiac care unit. although rescent government is providing cheap/free of cast. facilities but it has not been able to provide good ones. i work in lahore which is far superior in hospitals trained medical staf. yet here we cant save patients with acute cardiac attack. most of doctors are just leaving countary. we have patients, we know what to do but we dont have enough medicins, working equipments, and we weap when such patients die.

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Ray | 14 years ago | Reply People always jumping to conclusions hastily as usual. We need to see what is the real reason behind this, a human being lost life and how the violence came about. I have listened he seemed very articulate and one of a few hardest working members of PPP and trust me I am not a PPP supporter. It is time medical professional are held accountable for their actions. I don't condone for violence but what other option was available to the people. They should have sued the doctors so they can't kill another person. What is the fuss about degrees. Degree is nothing but a piece of paper and doesn't make you a greater or a lesser human being in any way. If Dusti was in another country he would appreciated for his hard work but not for this act of course. I am awaiting the result of investigation.

Dawood Hamid | 14 years ago | Reply First of all, How is he free after a proven fake degree and how can a fraudster can stand in elections after proved that he cheated the Nation and its people by a fake degree? Our law is weak or the law inforcers. Stop! I will ask this question to CJ.

Amjad Mehboob | 14 years ago | Reply What was the cause of this incident.We must see the other side of the picture too.I think some one died due to alleged medical negligence which was the cause of that incident.

Anum | 14 years ago | Reply I would request the Supreme Court of Pakistan also to take suo moto notice of this shameful incident!

cheema | 14 years ago | Reply all the people on this forum who are acting like flag bearers for morality because of Dasti's fake degree issue, I have one question. What is a bigger crime: 1) fake degree and filling paperwork for election? 2) Looting trillions from this poor country and showing you are in debt while filling paperwork for elections?

Irfan | 14 years ago | Reply Inquilab Zindabad

khalid | 14 years ago | Reply this is the attitude of our fake leaders . whenever ppp got power you have to expect this sort of behaviour for their poor public. because ppp is the party of poor.

Naveed Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply it is really very saddened.

asma | 14 years ago | Reply it saddens me to even think about the kind of people leading this country...

Safder Karim | 14 years ago | Reply we can't expect more from jamsheed dasti a fake degree holder, he must be behind the bars. I guess this is the real dilemma of Pakistan where legislators think them as super natural creatures and above any rule and law, hence this is really democracy fruits trickling down to the common masses--Hence Well Said ...DEMOCRACY IS THE BEST REVENGE

Azeem | 14 years ago | Reply Jamshed Dasti is a disgrace. to the National Assembly, his constituency, his party and to the country in general. the man has got to go. his resignation was shameful and the party's decision to bring him back even more so.

Hamza Baloch | 14 years ago | Reply Media k bad app court bhi dasti k peechy pirr gaiii hia. anyhow i do not like this,and it was also a sad day when he won the election second time. Now its looks he is again going to loss his seat.

Rafay Qureshi | 14 years ago | Reply HANG THEM ALL!!!!!!!!

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