No deadline on shifting Imran to hospital, awaiting SC order on review plea: PM’s aide

No deadline on shifting Imran to hospital, awaiting SC order on review plea: PM's aide.

Key points

• Imran, 73, has remained in prison since August 2023 after convictions he and his party describe as politically motivated.
• Adviser to PM on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah expects top court's ruling on review plea within 48 hours.
• Talking to journalists at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Senator Sanaullah.
• While maintaining that the Supreme Court's decision is binding on subordinate courts, sanaullah remarked the administration is bound by the Constitution and law.
• Sanaullah additionally referred to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's case, saying he had been taken from prison to a administration services hospital.

Adviser to PM on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah expects top court's ruling on review plea within 48 hours. Govt notes it has filed review petition again. Sanaullah notes govt remains bound by law. Questions private hospital transfers for prisoners.

As the administration awaits the Supreme Court's order on its review petition, there is no deadline for shifting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to a hospital, Prime Minister's aide Rana Sanaullah remarked on Thursday.

Talking to journalists at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Senator Sanaullah. This person holds the portfolio of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, remarked before transferring the former premier, the government's review petition should be decided first.

"There is no deadline for transferring the PTI founder to a hospital the government has again filed the review petition and expects a decision 'today or tomorrow', " Sanaullah remarked.

"Let the decision on the review petition filed by the administration come. This will create things clear, " he stated.

Notably, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Imran to be shifted to Shifa International Hospital within two days, with the deadline set to expire tonight, but the administration filed a review plea, saying that such an order "could not have been passed" had the court observed certain statutory provisions.

He remarked the administration is clear that the Supreme Court's decision would affect the criminal justice system.

"Will every prisoner then be transferred to a private hospital?" the PML-N stalwart asked, adding that subordinate courts would otherwise have no grounds for refusing such requests. He remarked the administration is required to respect the court's decision.

After which the administration granted permission for his treatment overseas, he remarked a medical board had recommended that Nawaz receive treatment abroad.

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Taken together, the developments around no deadline on shifting Imran to hospital, awaiting SC order on review point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.