Thursday, February 9, 2012

LHC seeks reply from Punjab govt in drug reaction case

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought reply from the Punjab government over not compensating the victim families of drugs reaction deaths on February 13.
The LHC Justice Umar Atta Bandiyal heard a petition filed by Sughra Bibi, sister of a person who died from spurious medicines reaction, against the Punjab government which has not paid compensation amount to the victim families.
During the hearing, the petitioner appeared before the court and told the justice that the Punjab government had announced to provide Rs 500,000 each as compensation amount to victim families whose dear ones died from spurious medicines but this amount was not provided yet. On this, the court sought reply from the Punjab government on February 13.

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