Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz, hitting back at the chief justice for his remarks about shutting down Orange Line if education and health were not prioritised, requested Saqib Nisar to also focus on the state of hospitals in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
She tweeted requesting the chief justice to spare some attention to Sindh and KP, from where people had to visit hospitals of Punjab for treatment.
چیف جسٹس سے التماس ہے کہ کچھ توجہ سندھ اور خیبر پختونخواہ کے اسپتالوں پر بھی دیں جہاں سے لوگ علاج کے لیئے پنجاب کے اسپتالوں میں آتے ہیں۔ pic.twitter.com/blECMI5zzr
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) January 6, 2018
The CJP, while hearing a case pertaining to fee hike of private medical colleges, threatened to shut down all development projects, including the Orange Line, if the government failed to improve health and education sectors.
The owners and chief executive officers of private medical colleges appeared in court, and an affidavit with account details was submitted on their behalf.
“No medical college will be registered now, and if you have charged extra fees then you will have to return it back.
“I’ll order the shutdown of private clinics run by government doctors,” he added. “We will gather protestors and go sit outside clinics.”
He further expressed his concern about how children belonging to poor families can’t become doctors, as they don’t have enough resources.
