SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL TRUST vs The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts — 2026 PLD 122 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2026 PLD 122 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2026
Reporter: PLD
Parties: SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL TRUST vs The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts
Provisions referred to: S. 40---P

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Judgment text as reported

SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL TRUST VS The PROVINCE OF PUNJAB arts.141 & 142---Punjab Healthcare Commission act (XVI of 2010), S. 40---Punjab Healthcare Commission (Pricing of Healthcare Services) Regulations, 2023, Cl.4 'Ch.-I'---Regulating and controlling prices of healthcare services provided by hospitals and diagnostic centers---Trans-provincial status of healthcare establishments---Effect---Regulatory reach of the province and its jurisdiction over activities performed within territorial limits---Scope---Legal position in Pakistan, as gleaned from Constitutional provisions (arts. 141 and 142) and consistent case law, is that while a Provincial government cannot unilaterally regulate the entire affairs of a trans-provincial entity, it is authorized to establish regulations applicable within its territorial jurisdiction---Healthcare is primarily a Provincial subject---Therefore, where healthcare services are provided within the Province, the Provincial Government and its authorized Commission (PHC) retain the legislative and regulatory competence over those activities---The argument that regulating a trans-provincial entity within its provincial operations would render its operations in other provinces uncompetitive or unfeasible is a policy consideration, not a legal bar to the Province's authority to regulate activities occurring within its territorial limits.

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