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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad chief commissioner on Saturday approached the Supreme Court (SC), seeking an early hearing of the government’s review petition challenging the SC’s Aug 18 order to shift incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital.
The application requested the SC to fix the review petition for hearing at the earliest.
The chief commissioner argued that the Aug 18 order to shift the PTI founder to the private hospital had affected the government’s constitutional authority.
On Aug 18, a three-judge SC bench, headed by Justice Shahid Waheed and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, issued directives for Imran’s transfer while hearing several petitions concerning the former prime minister’s health and family meetings. The court ordered Imran’s transfer from prison to the private hospital within two days.
