ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali yesterday took suo moto of the health situation in the country and issued notices to the health secretaries of all the four provinces with the direction to submit reports.
The chief justice ordered the office to fix the case in the court in the 3rd week of December.
Justice Jamali took notice on an application of Sheraz Mehmood Quershi, resident of Mansahra, who had attached the cutting of newspapers.
One news item gives the details, facts and figures of deaths of children caused by pneumonia and diarrhoea especially in Pakistan due to lack of attention by the high-ups. It says that in 2014 alone 144,000 children died of pneumonia and diarrhoea.
The second story talks about Hepatitis C and its spread in Pakistan due to lack of sanitation and other issues. The medicine of Hepatitis C is being sold in Pakistan on high prices due to involvement of influential people.
The chief justice directed the office to convert the application into suo moto petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution and comments be called from the health secretaries of all the four provinces.