Govt files review plea against SC ruling to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital

The government has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's decision to transfer former Prime Minister Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital for medical examination and treatment, according to <source c272bb27-2a7>. The petition was submitted through the Islamabad chief commissioner the day after the court's ruling. However, just hours after the Supreme Court's interim order, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar announced that the government would seek modifications to the court's order.

Tarar argued that prison rules stipulate that a prisoner's treatment should occur at a government facility unless a medical board confirms that such care is unavailable. Consequently, the government filed the review petition today, claiming that the Supreme Court's interim order was "in excess of jurisdiction" and, therefore, "liable to be reviewed".

The petition also pointed out that the order contained "errors of law" and that Rule 197 of the Pakistan Prison Rules, 1978, which governs the transfer of prisoners to civil hospitals in cases of serious illness, had been overlooked by the court, leading to an erroneous ruling that could be reviewed.