PIC suo motu: SC summons provincial chief secretaries

The officials have been directed to appear before the court on February 28.

The Supreme Court has summoned all provincial chief secretaries in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology medicine disaster case.

The court resumed hearing in the suo motu case on Wednesday, and has directed the chief secretaries to appear on February 28.


A full bench of the SC, in its last hearing on Monday, had raised six health issues and sought the assistance of five senior doctors by on Wednesday (today).

As many as 130 people died in Punjab as a result of a fatal reaction from adulterated medicine, which investigators found was Isotab, that was provided free of cost at the PIC.
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