{
  "id": 7516901,
  "title": "FCC summons Supreme Court's case records on Imran's hospital transfer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/fcc-summons-supreme-courts-case-records-on-imrans-hospital-transfer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T09:24:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2030106/fcc-summons-supreme-courts-case-records-on-imrans-hospital-transfer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Tuesday summoned under article 175-E of the Constitution the complete record of cases related to the transfer of PTI founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital pending before the Supreme Court. Article 175-E of, which was inserted in the Constitution through the 27th Constitutional Amendment, empowers the FCC to call for the record of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "FCC summons Supreme Court's case records on Imran's hospital transfer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/fcc-summons-supreme-courts-case-records-on-imrans-hospital-transfer-7520658",
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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."
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