ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request by Dr Uzma Khan, sister of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, for an early hearing of her contempt petition over alleged non-compliance with the court’s earlier order directing the former prime minister’s transfer to Shifa International Hospital. The contempt petition is already scheduled to be heard on September 16 by a three-member bench comprising Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim. The Supreme Court office, while turning down Uzma Khan’s second request for an early hearing, cited the court’s case-fixation policy, under which matters are taken up according to their turn. The office said that 94 criminal original petitions of the same category were already pending before the Supreme Court and that the fixation policy required such cases to be listed in their turn. Uzma had sought an urgent hearing, arguing that the petition concerned Imran Khan’s health, life, dignity and physical well-being and was aimed at securing implementation of the Supreme Court’s August 18 order. She had also requested that the hearing be held during the current or following week, saying the delay until September 16 could not be justified by the fixation policy.