Khaleda’s treatment: Hearing on petition Tuesday

Staff Correspondent: The High Court will hear Tuesday a writ petition, filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking directive on the government to send her to a specialized hospital in Dhaka for treatment.

The bench of justice Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel fixed the date  on Monday.

Khaleda filed the writ petition on September 9 seeking her proper medical treatment after independent medical examination at a specialised hospital recommended by her personal physicians on June 9.

She also urged the court to ask the government to submit to the court her medical files and make them available to her lawyers.

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