QUETTA, Jan 19: Justice Mehta Kalash Nath Kohli of the Balochistan High Court has directed the provincial home secretary and inspector-general of Balochistan prisons to shift Habib Jalib Baloch from the Loralai district prison to the combined military hospital in Quetta for treatment.

The court issued the orders on Friday after report of the medical board said that the detained leader of the BNP-Mengal required urgent medical help and he should be shifted to Quetta because of non-availability of advance medical facility in Loralai.

The court on January 15, on application of counsel of the petitioner had formed the medical board comprising three specialists for check up of the petitioner.

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