RAWALPINDI: Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday dismissed incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan’s petition seeking his medical check-up by personal physicians.
ATC judge Amjad Ali Shah while hearing an application filed by the jailed former Prime Minister through his counsel seeking permission for the undergoing a medical check-up by his personal physicians rejected the petition after hearing arguments of both the parties.
During the hearing, Khan’s counsel, Faisal Malik and special prosecutor Zaheer Shah appeared before the court.
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Arguing the case, Faisal Malik said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had been allowed access to his personal doctors while in jail, and therefore the PTI founding chairman, being a former prime minister as well, deserved equal treatment.
He contended that Adiala Jail lacked facilities for eye treatment and adopted the stance that the PTI founder was an under-trial prisoner who had the right to be examined by his personal doctors.
The defense counsle further argued that under rule 795, the family must be informed prior to any medical treatment, adding that in the past three years the PTI founder had never been taken outside the
jail.
Malik questioned the extraordinary circumstances under which he was taken late at night to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital and requested the court to grant personal doctors access to Adiala Jail.
Opposing the plea, special prosecutor Zaheer Shah argued that the PTI founding chairman was not an under-trial prisoner. He said that in the May 9 GHQ attack case, Khan is on bail and was an under-trial accused, not a convicted prisoner.
He maintained that a criminal court does not have the authority to regulate the custody of an accused who is on bail, adding that it was not a constitutional court but a criminal one.
The prosecutor further submitted that medical treatment of prisoners is carried out by doctors appointed by the government and that the Pakistan Prison Rules do not provide any provision for treatment by private or personal physicians.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the court dismissed Khan’s petition.
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