‘Not within four walls of law’: Pak law minister on Khan hospitalisation order
The Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government will challenge the Supreme Court’s order directing the transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital, as law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar confirmed in a video message on Wednesday.
Earlier reporting noted: Information minister Attaullah Tarar said the government was forced to take 73-year-old Khan to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after a large number of PTI workers gathered outside Shifa International Hospital.
The Pakitan Supreme Court had ordered the government to move Khan to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital within two days and allow him access to his personal physician, according to news agency Reuters. “This order is not within four walls of the law,” Tarar said in a video statement. He said authorities had reviewed the ruling and decided to approach the court seeking a review. “A convicted prisoner has to be treated either inside the jail or at a public hospital according to law,” Tarar said, adding that the review petition would seek a modification of the order.
Recently, Imran Khan supporters staged widespread protest over his imprisonment against Islamabad government. The Supreme Court order came after former president Arif Alvi raised concerns over World Cup winning captain and former PM’s medical condition. Earlier reporting noted: ‘In contempt for gathering people’: Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan’s party for hospital transfer Pakistan government statement on Imran Khan’s hospital transfer Earlier reporting noted: NEW DELHI: The Pakistan government on Saturday blamed jailed former prime minister Imran Khan ’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party for his transfer to a state-run hospital instead of the private facility ordered by the Supreme Court for his medical checkup.