Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The first public interest petition following the 27th Constitutional Amendment was filed with the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under Section 175A(3).
The petition, filed by advocate Taqweem Shah through senior advocate Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhar, seeks to stop the construction of a flyover that would be built on land belonging to the Balochistan Institute of Nephro-Urology (Binuq) on Sariab/Samungli road in Quetta.
It asks the court to immediately stop the project, arguing that the viaduct is being built adjacent to and partly on the hospital land without legal acquisition or compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, thereby violating constitutional property rights under Articles 23 and 24.
Binuq is the province’s only specialist nephrology hospital treating patients from Quetta and remote districts, and the ongoing construction has created serious risks for patients by disrupting ambulance access, emergency services and dialysis operations due to heavy machinery, dust and noise, it says.
The petition further states that the hospital administration had earlier approached the Balochistan High Court (BHC), which granted interim relief, but the case was allegedly withdrawn on December 10, 2025, under pressure.
According to the petition, the hospital had proposed the construction of an underpass as an alternative. The Balochistan government and the Department of Works and Services have been named as respondents in the case.
Balochistan’s health infrastructure remains one of Pakistan’s weakest, shaped by chronic underinvestment, difficult geography and long-standing governance problems.
Large distances between dispersed populations mean that access to basic health care is often limited to poorly equipped basic health units and rural health centers.
