<p> <b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 33pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); text-align: center; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">MEDIA CELL</span></b><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; "><br /> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">House No. 282, St No. 6, Street No. 8, Cavalry ground, Lahore. Ph: 042-36686687Fax: 04236686689<br /> <br /> </span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">                         </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">     <wbr></wbr>     <br /> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">       </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; ">    </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">                          <wbr></wbr>                       </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20px; ">Press release</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20px; "><br /> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">PTI Punjab Office bearers have stated that the Punjab Government is involved in massive corruption and criminal negligence which has led to loss of hundreds of innocent lives in the province. Referring to a news report which stated that Health Authorities have shelved an inquiry report which had found four senior health managers guilty of theft and embezzlement of government medicines, PTI Punjab President Mr. Ahsan Rasheed has said that Punjab government was making a mockery of the investigation procedures by dumping reports which lead to fixing responsibility on ???influential??? officials.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">PTI Punjab General Secretary Punjab Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the Punjab government through its corruption and absolute incompetence was also responsible for loss of hundreds of lives to the dengue virus last year as it had failed to follow comprehensive protocols laid down by the DG Health Punjab in 2007 to avoid such catastrophe. Drive to prevent the virus should have been initiated in March last year according to the set guidelines but unfortunately the incompetent Punjab administration failed to do so, she added.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">Andleeb Abbas, Information Secretary PTI Punjab said that this was not the first instance when the Punjab government has tried to cover up blunders of incompetent and corrupt officials. She pointed out that the Punjab government had failed to check the supply of contaminated medicines to the PIC despite that fact that it had the services of 450 Drug Inspectors. Punjab government???s failure to restrict supply of contaminated medicines to a central health facility located in Lahore led to 120 deaths but no significant progress has been made in terms of investigating the issue.  </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font><span style="line-height: 14px; "> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">Andleeb Abbas</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font><span style="line-height: 14px; ">PTI Punjab Information Secretary</span></font></p>