Dhaka: The High Court on Wednesday fixed Thursday to pass an order on a writ petition seeking its directive on the authorities concerned for providing better treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a specialised hospital.

An HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Rajik Al Jalil fixed the date after completing the hearing on the petition.

Former attorney general A J Mohammad Ali and Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for Khaleda and attorney general Mahbubey Alam represented the state.

BNP chief’s lawyer Barrister Nawshad Jamir filed the writ petition with the concerned branch of the court on September 9.

On February 8 last, a special court here sentenced Khaleda to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Since then she has been kept in Old Dhaka Central Jail.