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ISLAMABAD: Dr Uzma Khan, the sister of incarcerated former premier Imran Khan, on Thursday submitted a second application to the Supreme Court (SC) seeking the early hearing of a contempt petition against government functionaries accused of flouting the court’s directive to shift the PTI founder to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital.
On August 18, a three-member SC bench issued several directives on pleas concerning Imran’s health and instructed authorities to move him to Shifa International Hospital, a private facility. However, the government instead took the PTI founder to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), a government hospital, for a check-up and then transported him back to the prison.
On Tuesday, Uzma filed a contempt plea against government functionaries and an application for its early hearing. However, the court fixed the case for September 16.
The fresh application, filed through Advocate Uzair Karamat Bhandari, sought the initiation of contempt proceedings against government functionaries within the present or early next week.
