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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to release of two of the owners of pharmaceutical companies on bail and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit an investigative report in the drugs reaction case, FTNews reported.
The order was issued as a three-judge bench, headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, heard a suo motu case over deaths in Punjab allegedly caused by reaction from medicines given out to patients by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).
The FIA told the court that one pharmaceutical company had been manufacturing medicines without a license.
Moreover, Advocate General Punjab Ashtar Ausaf submitted a report of a committee formed by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to look into the issue.
He told the court that most of the deaths were caused by heart attacks. The medicines suspected to have caused the deaths have been sent to Belgium, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for testing.
Moreover, when told that owner of Alpha Pharmaceuticals had been arrested on suspicion of involvement, Justice Jillani inquired as to how anyone can be arrested when no post-mortem reports and no findings of an investigation were presented.
The court adjourned the hearing to Feb 6 and ordered the release of two out of the three arrested company owners on bail.
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