Medical colleges fee case: SC summons Nawaz Sharif

Medical colleges fee case: SC summons Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has on Thursday summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in suo motu case against the high fees of private medical colleges across the country.

A two-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the chief justice Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan resumed hearing of the case in the apex court’s Lahore registry.

During the proceedings, the CJP asked why the owners of Sharif Medical College didn’t appear before the court to which the college principal said that he didn’t the court notice due to which they couldn’t appear before the court.

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar asked who the trustee of the college is to which the principal replied former PM. The CJP then summoned Nawaz Sharif.

On the other hand, Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana’s son Ahsan Rajwana appeared before the court and submitted unconditional apology for his interference in the case. The court later accepted his apology.