KARACHI: Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Saturday rejected a medicalboard setup to determine the illness of Sharjeel Inaam Memon – PakistanPeoples Party’s leader and accused of billion of rupees corruption – anddirected to form of board with doctors from Pakistan Army and Punjabprovince.
The petition for setting up medical board for Memon was heard by SupremeCourt bench here at the apex court’s Karachi registry.
During the proceedings the court was informed that medical board had beensetup, which the august court rejected and directed to form a boardcomprising of famous neurosurgeon Dr Asif Bashir, a Pakistan Army’s doctorand Dr of a private hospital Dr Athar Inam. The new board after lookinginto the previous reports and conducting a checkup of the accused willcompile its report within next fifteen days.
During the proceeding Chief Justice asked Inspector General of PoliceNusrat Mangan as how many inmates have been shifted to Hospitals and whereSharjeel Inam Memon has and Shahrukh Jatoi had been kept. Mangan informedthat Sharjeel was in central whereas Jatoi was in Malir Jail whereas total9 inmates are in different hospitals of the city due to illness.
The judges asked Rasheed A Rizbi, counsel of Sharjeel Inam Memon, to dotreatment of his client in the jail where doctors can be easily called infor treatment.
Chief Justice reprimanded Dr Semi Jamali, head of the emergency services inJinnah Hospital, when she failed to provide details regarding SharjeelMemon. Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar, on Saturday orderedto send Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharjeel Inaam Memon, Shahzeb murdercase convict Shahrukh Jatoi and all other prisoners back to Jail who hadbeen living in hospital under the pretext of illness.
Earlier last month, Chief Justice had Expressed his extreme displeasureover the sending the condemned inmate, Shahrukh Jatoi to jail. “How haveyou sent a convict who should be in the cell of convicted murderers tohospital,” Chief justice angrily asked Inspector General Prisons, NusratMangan.