Islamabad: Incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party has approached the Supreme Court seeking to move him from jail to a private hospital for his eye treatment. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed the petition following a health assessment report prepared by barrister Salman Safdar at the court's direction earlier this month.
The development comes a day after Khan was taken to a government hospital at Islamabad for treating his eye ailment even as his party demanded "transparency, not secrecy" about his health updates.
The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who has been at the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, since 2023, was last month diagnosed with right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) affecting his vision.
"The petitioner be immediately shifted to Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, for proper treatment of his eyes from a retina specialist," the petition, filed by PTI lawyer and leader Latif Khosa, said. It also sought access to Khan by his personal physicians while allowing the family to remain present during his medical examinations and treatment.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court has removed senior High Court judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, who granted relief to Imran Khan. In a 116-page judgment, the court has marked Jahangiri’s appointment invalid because he did not have a lawful law degree, Dawn reported.
