Lahore: Death toll from PIC drug reaction reaches 109

Three more died on Saturday from reaction of spurious drugs, taking the death toll to 109.More than hundred cardiac patients have died after contaminated drugs intake provided by Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) and dozens more are in a critical condition in the hospitals.
Today, three more patients including two women passed away at Services Hospital in Lahore.
According to report, around 400 patients have been admitted in different hospitals across the city after reaction from faulty medicines.

In another development,A petition has been filed in the LHC against CM Shahbaz for retaining 18 ministries with him.A petition filed by Advocate Naushab Khan maintained that Punjab Chief Minister is an administrative authority but his act of holding other ministries is unconstitutional.The petitioner also requested the Lahore High Court to take suo motu notice of criminal negligence resulting in deaths of more than hundred cardiac patients due to faulty PIC drug intake.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should be summoned in the court for written clarification into PIC deaths, the petitioner wrote.