ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar, while hearing a case pertaining to Rawalpindi’s Mother and Child Hospital on Monday, remarked that he had no political affiliation with Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, resumed hearing of a case pertaining to the hospital’s construction on Monday.
During the hearing, the AML chief was also present inside the courtroom, while on the occasion, the chief justice inquired the additional attorney general as to what result he had reached and where the contractor was.
To which, the additional attorney general responded saying the contractor could not appear before the court.
Justice Nisar said that Public Works Department (PWD) should work on this justifiably and injustice should not be done to anyone.
The additional attorney general informed the court that a committee, headed by a doctor, would be constituted in this regard within two days.
He said the committee would look into the purchase of machinery and other affairs of the hospital.
The additional attorney general said that all sorts of work on the hospital would start together and would be finished in 18 months. “Previously, the hospital had three operation theatres, but now it would have 14.”