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Reply sought in measles case Our Correspondent Tuesday, June 18, 2013. JUSTICE Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan of Lahore High Court sought reply from Punjab government on an application requesting to constitute a judicial commission (JC) to probe into deaths occurred due to measles. Judicial Activism Panel chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed this application in his already pending petition against government failure to control measles that there should be no measles-related death due to negligence of the government. Applicant submitted that JC comprising retired judge or judges along with other independent experts who are impartial and unbiased may be constituted in order to probe into the matter in depth as the issue is of immense sensitivity. He requested that the health authorities should be directed to file a comprehensive report so that this court may reach just and fair findings in the title case, in order to enforce fundamental rights. He submitted that the future of our next generations was at stake and the world was already raising fingers towards us due to medicines scam of Punjab Institute of Cardiology. We do not afford another episode of same nature as it would lead to disaster.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:27 +0000

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