PIC tragedy: Tribunal appoints local commission, interviews officers

LHC recorded statements of WHO Medicine Anti-Counterfeiting Programme and Quality Assurance.

LAHORE:

The Inquiry Tribunal of the Lahore High Court probing into the deaths in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) tragedy on Thursday recorded statements of World Health Organisation Medicine Anti-Counterfeiting Programme and Quality Assurance and Safety Medicines technical officer Syed Khalid Saeed.

Justice Ijazul Ahsan also appointed a commission to visit Efroz Chemical Industries in Karachi to inspect the premises, production and storage facilities and examine the relevant records of procurement, manufacture, sale and dispatch of medicines produced in the factory. The commission will also visit the Drug Testing Laboratory, meet the federal drug inspector and collect information from the investigating officer in Karachi. It will then submit its report to the tribunal. The tribunal has summoned former health secretary Jahanzeb Khan, chairman of the procurement committee and the PIC chief executive officer for February 20.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 17^th, 2012.