Dr Uzma Khan on Wednesday filed a second contempt of court petition before the Supreme Court over alleged noncompliance with its August 18\u00a0order\u00a0allowing former prime minister Imran Khan to communicate digitally with his sons and meet his sisters weekly.<\/p>\n
The petition named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and four other officials as respondents, alleging that the court\u2019s directives had once again not been implemented. According to the petition, Imran had been denied a meeting with his sisters on September 1 and had been unable to communicate with his sons since March.<\/p>\n
The petition was filed by Dr Uzma, sister of the incarcerated former premier, through SC Advocate Uzair Karamat Bhandari under Articles 187 and 204 of the Constitution. It sought contempt proceedings against the respondents and implementation of the apex court\u2019s August 18 order.<\/p>\n
The petition argued that, according to a Supreme Court judgment, responsibility for ensuring compliance with a court order rested with the chief executive, namely the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. It asked the court to apply the principle laid down in the Yousuf Raza Gilani contempt of court case to the present matter and ensure implementation of its August 18 order.<\/p>\n
The respondents included Rawalpindi Central Jail (Adiala) Superintendent Sajid Baig, Punjab Inspector General of Prisons Mian Salik Jalal, Ministry of Interior Secretary Ahmed Sarwar Raza and Islamabad Capital Territory Chief Commissioner Sohail Ashraf.<\/p>\n
The petition alleged that Imran\u2019s sisters \u2014 Dr Uzma Khan, Noreen Niazi and Aleema Khan \u2014 and his cousin Qasim Zaman had been barred from meeting him despite the Supreme Court\u2019s directions.<\/p>\n
It further alleged that no arrangements had been made to facilitate telephone conversations between Imran and his sons, Kasim Khan and Sulaiman Khan, twice a week as directed by the court.<\/p>\n
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The petition asked the Supreme Court to \u201cdirect and\/or take all appropriate steps\u201d to implement its August 18 order, particularly the directions concerning weekly meetings between Imran and his sisters and cousin, as well as twice-weekly phone calls with his sons.<\/p>\n
Two separate miscellaneous applications were also filed seeking permission to place additional documents on record in support of the contempt petition.<\/p>\n
The latest petition followed an earlier contempt case over the government\u2019s failure to comply with the Supreme Court\u2019s August 18\u00a0order\u00a0concerning Imran\u2019s medical treatment.<\/p>\n
The SC had ordered that Imran be transferred to Shifa International Hospital for examination and treatment by a multidisciplinary medical board. It had also directed the government to facilitate weekly meetings between him and his family.<\/p>\n
Instead, Imran had been taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences on August 21 for a medical examination and had later been returned to Adiala Jail after doctors declared him \u201cmedically fit\u201d.<\/p>\n
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar\u00a0had said\u00a0the decision to take Imran to the government-run hospital had been prompted by the security situation involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers outside the facility and along the route to Shifa International Hospital. The move had prompted the PTI\u00a0to\u00a0file a contempt petition\u00a0before the Supreme Court on August 22.<\/p>\n
The petition had been filed by Dr Uzma, Advocate Uzair Bhandari and PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja. PTI had later resubmitted it after addressing objections raised by the Supreme Court registrar, with the apex court fixing September 16 for its hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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