{
  "id": 1910103,
  "title": "Govt files review plea against SC ruling to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/govt-files-review-plea-against-sc-ruling-to-move-imran-to-shifa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T10:25:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2023885/govt-files-review-plea-against-sc-ruling-to-move-imran-to-shifa-international-hospital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nTarar 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.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court order for shifting incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital for examination and treatment by a multidisciplinary medical board. The government’s review petition was filed through the Islamabad chief commissioner a day after the SC’s ruling . But hours…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pakistan govt to challenge Imran Khan’s hospital transfer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pakistan-govt-to-challenge-imran-khans-hospital-transfer",
        "published": "2026-08-19T07:46:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Pakistan to fight supreme court order to move ex-PM Imran Khan to private hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pakistan-to-fight-supreme-court-order-to-move-ex-pm-imran-khan-to",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:15:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Pakistan government to challenge ex-PM Khan hospital move",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pakistan-government-to-challenge-ex-pm-khan-hospital-move",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:33:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Govt files review plea against SC ruling to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital, terms it 'discriminatory'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/govt-files-review-plea-against-sc-ruling-to-move-imran-to-shifa-1913796",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:39:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pakistan challenges top court order to move Imran Khan to private hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pakistan-challenges-top-court-order-to-move-imran-khan-to-private",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:47:35.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}