Missing witness: Notice issued to health secretary

LAHORE:

An additional district and sessions judge issued a show cause notice on Wednesday to the health secretary after a doctor working at a public hospital failed to appear before the court.

The court directed the official to appear before the court on October 25 and explain why the doctor had not recorded his statement as a prosecution witness in a murder case despite issuance of several notices.

At previous proceedings, the judge had ordered the health secretary to tell the doctor to appear before court.

Tariq Javed was shot dead in 2009 in Defense-A. Several witnesses in the case have not showed up. The judge directed legal branch to produce the rest of the witnesses before court on October 25.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2014.