The chief justice observed that reports had been received regarding procedures and quality of bottled water by the companies.
To which, Nestle’s counsel Aitzaz Ahsan submitted that his client was ready to remove deficiencies mentioned in the report.
He further submitted that arsenic and bacteria were removed from water extracted from the underground, in response to a court query regarding wastage of water resource in purification process.
However, EPA Director General Farzana Altaf submitted that arsenic was not found at every place but the companies did not had labs to ensure the water quality.
At this, the chief justice remarked why Nestle had not retained the quality of its bottled water in Pakistan.
“We will not let Pakistan be treated like a third world country and we will not let discrimination take place,” CJP asserted.
He further submitted the authority had sealed a plant of Naubahar, a franchise of Pepsi.
The chief justice took a very strict notice of the situation and ordered immediate arrest of Adnan Khan.
However, later, the orders were withdrawn after he sought apology.
However, the court adjourning the further hearing till December 3 ordered the counsel of companies to sit with the commission comprising EPA Director General Farzana Altaf Shah along with Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui and others and remove deficiencies within ten days.