Illegal Practice: Quack jailed for three months

LAHORE: A drug court on Friday awarded three months’ imprisonment to a man convicted of illegally operating a clinic and injecting veterinary medicine to some people in Basirpur in Okara. The judge also fined him Rs40,000. Prosecution said Muhammad Mansha, a resident of Basirpur, had been running his clinic without a licence and was using veterinary medicine on his patients. Police had registered a case against him under Section 23/27 of Drug Act 1976 after a drug inspector raided his clinic. The drug inspector presented the challan on June 3. Mansha pleaded guilty to the charges.  The court tawarded three months’ imprisonment to Mansha.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 28^th, 2015.