Pakistan challenges top court order to move Imran Khan to private hospital

Government files a review of Supreme Court order, arguing that the jailed ex-PM should be examined at a public hospital. Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government has challenged a Supreme Court order to move jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital for medical treatment.

The office of the chief commissioner in capital Islamabad filed a review petition on Wednesday, a day after the top court ordered prison authorities to move Khan from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital within two days. Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer amid access battle Imran Khan’s sister rejects Pakistan gov’t claim jailed ex-PM’s health fine Pakistan’s Khan in jail for 3 years: PTI rallies over ‘arbitrary detention’ Clashes on anniversary of Imran Khan imprisonment The Supreme Court directed the authorities to form a medical board of five specialists and allow Khan’s sister, Uzma Khan, and his personal physician, Faisal Sultan, to take part in his treatment. The court also allowed Khan weekly family meetings and phone calls twice a week with his two sons who live in London, as it barred Khan’s family, political party and lawyers from discussing his health publicly until the case is heard again on September 16.

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