SC orders release of two owners of pharma companies

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...

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