Pakistan, Aug. 22 -- Islamabad Chief Commissioner (ICC) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to hear a review petition against Imran Khan's hospital transfer order. The application seeks an early hearing of the government's review petition. The Supreme Court had ordered Khan's transfer to Shifa International Hospital. The order came on August 18 during hearings about his health and family meetings. The court had directed authorities to move him within two days.

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