The Lahore High Court directed the Federal and Punjab health department and Jamia Ashrafia to submit their replies by June 27 in a petition challenging the use of unhealthy salts in making of chips commonly sold in the market. The petitioner Qari Sanaullah has questioned the fatwa given by Jamia Ashrafia declaring the use of the said salt by chips manufacturing company. Petitioner said that the salts namely E621, E627, E635 etc used by the chips company create many diseases and especially among children. These salts are also dangerous for breast-feeding and pregnant women, petitioner maintained. Petitioner's counsel Rana Asadullah Khan pleaded that under which capacity Jamia Ashrafia gave a fatwa in this regard as it was not a laboratory. Counsel also questioned the authorities concerned allowing the use of such unhealthy salts. Counsel further submitted that ingredients of the chips included colour names as E-631, which is extracted from the pig fat. The petition will be heard along with an already pending petition against the same chips manufacturing company for using flavour enhancing colours extracted from pig fat.