Pakistan government to challenge court on moving Imran Khan to private hospital
The Pakistani government is challenging a Supreme Court order that directed jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be moved to a private hospital for medical treatment. Officials argue that medical care should be provided within the government hospital system.
Why it matters
This legal dispute underscores the ongoing political tensions surrounding the incarceration of the former Prime Minister and the role of the judiciary in Pakistan.
Pakistan's government will challenge the Supreme Court's order to move jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital for medical checks, the law minister said late Tuesday.
The ruling "does not fall within the four corners of the law", Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said in a video statement shared on X by State broadcaster Radio Pakistan.
The government was submitting a petition for a review that would call for 73-year-old Khan's medical tests to be conducted at a government hospital, instead of a private facility as the court had ordered.
"Until such time as evidence or material is available to show that government hospitals are unable to provide this type of treatment or cannot do so, such arrangements are normally not made," Mr. Tarar said.
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