The jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been transferred to a hospital in Islamabad for a medical examination, fulfilling a longstanding demand by supporters who say his health has deteriorated during more than three years in imprisonment.
The move follows a supreme court order issued this week and is viewed as a possible first step toward easing tensions between Khan’s party and Pakistan’s powerful military establishment, which have been at odds since his removal from office in 2022.
“Former prime minister Imran Khan has been moved from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad following the supreme court order,” said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a text message to journalists.
His lawyers say his health has deteriorated in prison and that he has lost significant vision in his right eye. The government maintains that medical reports show no condition requiring immediate treatment.
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s supreme court ordered authorities to transfer Khan, 73, to Shifa International Hospital in the capital within 48 hours and to grant him access to a medical panel that includes his personal physician.
Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023. He asserts that the cases against him are politically motivated, a claim the government denies.
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