'Health Issues Due To Isolation': What Imran Khan Told Sister At Hospital
Imran Khan's sister claims the former Pakistani Prime Minister is suffering from health issues due to solitary confinement in Adiala Jail. The family alleges that authorities violated a Supreme Court order by taking him to a government hospital instead of the designated private facility.
Why it matters
The situation highlights ongoing political tensions in Pakistan and concerns regarding the treatment of high-profile political prisoners.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan cited doctors and told his sister, Uzma Khan, that he was facing health complications due to solitary confinement. She said that it amounted to mental torture for him.Uzma Khan addressed a press conference in Islamabad after she met the PTI founder while he was taken to a hospital on Thursday and shared her account of his visit to the hospital.Khan was taken to the hospital following the Supreme Court's directives after the superintendent of the Adiala jail, where he has been imprisoned since August 2023, submitted a report on his health condition. However, while the court had directed the government to move Imran to Shifa International Hospital, a private facility, for a medical checkup and examination, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar revealed that he was taken to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) instead.Tarar said a team of doctors conducted a detailed examination of…
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