LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench will hear an intra-court appeal (ICA) against the single bench order of setting aside transfer of Shaikh Zayed Hospital from federal to the provincial government.

The bench comprising LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Shujaat Ali Khan will hear the ICA, filed by Prof Dr Farid Ahmad Khan.

The appellant submitted that an LHC single bench had set aside the transfer of SZH from the federal government to Punjab besides declaring his appointment as SZH chairman illegal. He pointed out that the single bench set aside the transfer on the basis that the SZH could not be devolved but the court failed to appreciate that federal health ministry was devolved under 18th Amendment and the SZH and other institutions were transferred to respective provinces.

He said the Bench passed the orders without affording a proper hearing to the respondents.

Published in Dawn, June 21st, 2017