Imran's hospital transfer: SC expresses reservation at fixation of cases before FCC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed reservations over the Federal Constitutional Court’s (FCC) directive that cases pertaining to PTI founder Imran Khan’s hospital transfer be fixed before the latter, but deferred its own proceedings on the matter for three weeks, observing that propriety demanded deferment. The FCC had issued the orders on Tuesday, directing the court’s office to…
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court expressed reservations regarding the Federal Constitutional Court's (FCC) directive on fixing cases pertaining to PTI founder Imran Khan's hospital transfer before it, but postponed its own proceedings by three weeks. The FCC had issued the orders on Tuesday, requesting the court's office to forward the relevant cases to the Supreme Court (SC) under Article 175-E of the Constitution.
This directive came in response to a plea by three inmates at Adiala jail, who sought relief similar to that granted to Imran by the SC in an August 18 order. The three-judge SC bench, comprising Justice Shahid Waheed and Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Ishtiaq Ibrahim, considered the matter on Wednesday. The judges conveyed their concerns to the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP), Mansoor Usman Awan, about the specification of cases before the FCC, as outlined in paragraph six of the FCC's September 15 order.
Justice Waheed also noted that requisitioning cases from the SC did not seem to comply with clause 5 of Article 175-E of the Constitution.
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