FCC summons Supreme Court's case records on Imran's hospital transfer

On Tuesday, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) summoned the complete record of Supreme Court cases related to the transfer of PTI founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital. This action was taken under article 175-E of the Constitution, which empowers the FCC to call for case records and decide matters involving major questions of constitutional law.

The FCC bench, consisting of Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justices Ali Baqar Najafi and Aamer Farooq, summoned the record while hearing a plea filed by three Adiala jail inmates seeking their transfer to a private hospital for medical examination. The inmates, similar to Imran Khan, had received a similar relief from an August 18 Supreme Court order.

The FCC bench also sought records of any similar matters from the high court, noting that the present matter originated from the August 18 Supreme Court order under Article 175-E (5) of the Constitution.