SC conducts hearing on high court decision to release prisoners on bail
Last updated on: 06 April,2020 08:22 pm
SC wants to analyze the federal government's performance to counter the pandemic: CJP
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court (SC) Monday conducted hearing on case pertaining to high court’s decision to release prisoners on bail due to novel coronavirus.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed remarked that the apex court wants to analyze the federal government’s performance to counter the pandemic.
“No work is being done by the government apart from holding meetings. The Outdoor Patients Departments (OPDs) of all hospitals in Islamabad are closed.
“I had to get open a big hospital in the federal capital for the check-up of my wife. What kind of medical emergency has been imposed in the country?
“Every hospital and clinic should remain open. The Ministry of National Health Services wrote a letter to the Supreme Court to close its dispensary. Why should the dispensary be closed? Is the pandemic being countered this way?”
The attorney general argued that the federal government is taking best measures against the coronavirus outbreak. The CJP replied that the federation is doing nothing and the report that you have submitted is clarifying that.
CJP Justice Gulzar Ahmed asked advocate general Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) about the report submitted by Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari stating that the Peshawar High Court (PHC) ordered the release of 3,200 prisoners.
The advocate general KP replied that perhaps the human rights minister is mistaken as no such order has been issued by the PHC.