IK’s appeal, case against KP CM: FCC set to hear important cases tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) will hear appeals of three Adiala Jail inmates and a petition filed against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Monday (Sept 14).

A three-member FCC bench, headed by Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan and comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, will take up the appeals of the three prisoners seeking treatment at private hospitals.

The development assumed significance as a three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Shahid Waheed and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, is scheduled to hear Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khan’s petition, which has sought the transfer of her brother to Shifa International Hospital, on September 16.

The Adiala Jail prisoners have challenged an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order before the FCC under which their pleas seeking treatment at private hospitals, similar to the relief granted to Imran Khan, were rejected. A single-member bench of the IHC, on August 31, 2026, turned down the petitions of Adiala Jail prisoners – Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Mohammad Ismail Hussain and Owais Altaf.

The prisoners’ appeals, citing a Supreme Court order concerning PTI founder Imran Khan’s medical treatment at a private hospital, had sought similar relief for themselves. The prisoners maintained that Article 25 of the Constitution mandated equal treatment for all citizens, arguing that the three petitioners should be granted the same treatment as was ordered for Imran by the Supreme Court.

The same FCC bench will also hear a petition of PTI’s disgruntled leader Sher Afzal Marwat against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa incumbent Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, seeking the restoration of Ali Amin Gandapur as KP CM.

The petition, filed under Article 175(E) of the Constitution, sought a declaration from the FCC that the resignation letters submitted by Ali Amin Gandapur on October 8 and 11, 2025, were made under the unconstitutional dictation of a convicted and disqualified individual and therefore lacked legal volition, rendering them legally ineffective.

It alleged that the entire process of replacing Gandapur as KP chief minister was initiated pursuant to directives issued by Imran, who, it claimed, stands convicted and constitutionally disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2026