Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday expressed severe concern over the rising death toll from toxic cough syrup in Gujranwala. According to a PTI's spokesperson, previously in Lahore the same syrup resulted in loss of many precious lives. PTI slams the indifferent attitude of the provincial government of Punjab, which is only focused on politically motivated projects and not interested in the common man's life and health.

The incident reflects sheer lack of responsibility by the provincial government, as the scandal comes after over 150 heart patients died earlier this year in Lahore after taking faulty medicine made locally. "Shahbaz Sharif holds the health portfolio and is ultimately responsible for the tragic deaths. In any democratic country the minister would have resigned rather than making pathetic attempts to deflect blame on other authorities.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012