{
  "id": 7749546,
  "title": "Imran's hospital transfer: SC expresses reservation at fixation of cases before FCC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/imrans-hospital-transfer-sc-expresses-reservation-at-fixation-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:01:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2030356/imrans-hospital-transfer-sc-expresses-reservation-at-fixation-of-cases-before-fcc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court expressed reservations on Wednesday over the Federal Constitutional Court’s (FCC) decision to require cases related to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s hospital transfer to be fixed before the FCC, but postponed its own deliberations on the issue for three weeks, citing propriety. The FCC had issued the directive on Tuesday, instructing the court’s office to request the Supreme Court the relevant cases and fix them under Article 175-E of the Constitution. This request came after a plea by three inmates at Adiala jail, who sought similar relief as granted to Imran Khan by the Supreme Court on August 18.\n\nA three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Shahid Waheed and comprising Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Ishtiaq Ibrahim, took up the matter on Wednesday. The judges conveyed their concerns to Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan regarding the requirement to fix cases before the FCC, as outlined in paragraph six of the FCC’s September 15 order. Justice Waheed also pointed out that the practice of requisitioning cases from the Supreme Court does not appear to conform to clause 5 of Article 175-E of the Constitution. Article 175-E, inserted in the Constitution via the 27th Constitutional Amendment, grants the FCC the authority to request the record of any case and empowers it to adjudicate on matters involving significant constitutional questions.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Supreme Court voices reservations on FCC's case fixation requirement",
    "FCC directed Supreme Court to request relevant cases under Article 175-E",
    "Judges question practice of requisitioning cases from Supreme Court"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Supreme Court summons attorney general in Imran Khan hospital case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/supreme-court-summons-attorney-general-in-imran-khan-hospital-case",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:03:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Imran's hospital transfer: SC expresses reservation at fixation of cases before FCC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/imrans-hospital-transfer-sc-expresses-reservation-at-fixation-of-7750279",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:01:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}