Orient labs: Charges to be framed on May 9
Orient Labs, a pharmaceutical company whose factory on Multan Road collapsed killing 26 workers on February 6.
LAHORE:
The owners of Orient Labs, a pharmaceutical company whose factory on Multan Road collapsed killing 26 workers on February 6, are likely to be charged at the next hearing on May 9. On Wednesday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham fixed May 9 for hearing the criminal negligence case against the three owners of the factory. The prosecution on Wednesday provided copies of the case file to the suspects – chief executive Zaheer Iqbal, and directors Zafar Iqbal and Zubair Iqbal. The judge will hear an after-arrest bail petition, filed by an accused Zubair Iqbal, on May 7.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 3rd, 2012.
The owners of Orient Labs, a pharmaceutical company whose factory on Multan Road collapsed killing 26 workers on February 6, are likely to be charged at the next hearing on May 9. On Wednesday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham fixed May 9 for hearing the criminal negligence case against the three owners of the factory. The prosecution on Wednesday provided copies of the case file to the suspects – chief executive Zaheer Iqbal, and directors Zafar Iqbal and Zubair Iqbal. The judge will hear an after-arrest bail petition, filed by an accused Zubair Iqbal, on May 7.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 3rd, 2012.