ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday granted more time to Establishment Division to submit its reply in a petition filed against implementation of Medical Teaching Institute Ordinance (MTI). A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani conducted hearing of the petition filed by the doctors and paramedical staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). During the hearing, the counsel for Establishment Division requested the court to grant some more time to submit its response in this matter. Acceding to his request, the IHC bench deferred the hearing till April 5 while extending its stay order of not taking any adverse action against the PIMS employees. The counsel for the petitioner appeared before the court and adopted the stance that PIMS was built in 1969 and then the hospital was given the status of a university through an Act. He stated that the government had issued Ordinance to privatise PIMS.