*ISLAMABAD: *Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar directed the LahoreHigh Court registrar to fix hearing for a petition filed by a retired armyofficer against former army chief General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in analleged medical scam.

The petitioner, Lt Col (retd) Inamul Rahiem, in his petition has accusedKiyani of disbanding a legally established Armed Forces Medical StoreDepot, as well as manufacturing, supplying and procuring substandard andspurious medicines.

The retired colonel moved a petition requesting the court to issuedirectives for a complete audit of the medicines tendered, purchased andprocured by the “improperly established depots” at 27 Combined MedicalHospitals.

The SC registrar, however, returned the petition over a few objections.Later, the petitioner filed an appeal against the registrar’s decision.

The CJP heard the appeal against registrar office objections.

The chief justice while passing the order asked LHC registrar office to fixthe matter before the court. “I am sanguine that learned court (LHC) shalldecide the matter expeditiously,” he added.

The order also noted that the case does not fall under the purview ofArticle 184(3).

The applicant made the Ministry of Defence, Gen (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayaniand Lt-General (retd) Athar respondents in the case.

“During his [Athar’s] stay as corps commander Karachi, he came acrosscertain medicine manufacturers and knew their business technique and afterhis retirement from [the] armed forces he decided to set up a business ofmedicines,” the petition stated.

It further added that Athar sought services from former Lt Col Naveed.

In 2009, a drug inspector sent the sample of tablet Tinize manufactured byMedizan Laboratories (Pvt) Ltd which was supplied to the DHQ HospitalRawalpindi and in the market.