K-P CM accuses PM of defying SC order

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz of blatantly violating a Supreme Court order concerning the medical treatment of former prime minister Imran Khan at a private hospital.

"But the fake government disregarded the court's order. This defiance is not merely a violation of the directive issued by the three judges but also an affront to the authority and dignity of the judiciary as a whole," Afridi said on Sunday.

He was addressing participants of a street movement at Sawari Chowk during his one-day visit to Buner.

A three-member SC bench on August 18 ordered that incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan be shifted to Islamabad's Shifa International Hospital within two days for medical examination and treatment, while directing the government to constitute a specialised medical board for his care.

However, the government on August 20 briefly transferred Imran to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and later shifted him back to Adiala Jail after his medical examination, citing security concerns—a move condemned by the opposition as a flagrant violation of the SC order.

Talking with reference to the events, Afridi said the ruling authorities had no regard for the Constitution or the rule of law and considered themselves above the constitutional order. He urged the people to stand with judges who upheld justice and responded to public aspirations.

"We will not accept one law for the powerful and another for the weak," he said.

Referring to the PTI's September 27 long march, the CM claimed that four million people would take to the streets to present their case and would not return empty-handed this time.

"September 27 will be a revolution," he said, adding that PTI workers would take to the streets without fear of guns or bullets.