The verdict was announced by the Chairman of the Drug Court, who found the accused guilty after completion of the trial. According to case details, Drug Inspector Liaquatpur had recovered unregistered and banned medicines from the possession of Muhammad Shafiq, son of Bashir Ahmad, a resident of Liaquatpur. The case was registered as Judicial Case 56/DCB/2019 and had been under trial in the Drug Court Bahawalpur. Upon discovery of the serious forgery, the District and Sessions Judge and Chairperson of the Drug Court, Shazeb Saeed, ordered registration of a separate case. After examining the evidence in the prohibited medicines case, the court convicted Muhammad Shafiq and sentenced him to seven years in prison along with a total fine of Rs40.5 million.