Imran Khan Returned to Prison After Hospital Treatment Over Health Concerns
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to a hospital in Islamabad on Tuesday night for medical treatment before being returned to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, officials said on Wednesday. One official disclosed that the 74-year-old underwent an eye examination at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and received treatment for blood pressure problems before being transferred back to his prison cell.
Khan’s lawyers have raised concerns about his deteriorating health in detention, alleging that he has suffered significant vision loss in his right eye. The former cricketer-turned-politician has been imprisoned for more than three years following multiple corruption cases after losing power in a 2022 no-confidence vote. Most of his convictions have been suspended or overturned, with appeals pending. Khan denies wrongdoing and maintains that the cases against him are politically motivated, an allegation the government rejects.
The hospital visit is the first known instance of Khan receiving treatment and returning to prison since August, when an earlier hospital visit was cut short. Meanwhile, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said a court had ordered prison authorities to allow his legal team to meet him and his wife. Party deputy chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also taken from prison to a hospital in Lahore on Tuesday and remained there as of Wednesday.
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