Court orders Pakistan’s jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to be moved to hospital

The cricketer-turned politician’s family and his Tehreek-e-Insaf party have raised concerns over Khan’s health amid the isolation in jail Pakistan’s top court has ordered imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be moved to a hospital amid intensifying concerns about his health. The Supreme Court issued the order after Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and his family raised concerns about his health, citing medical reports from the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where the 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been held since August 2023.The court directed Khan to be moved to the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within 48 hours, and to be kept there until September 16, reports quoted PTI spokesman Naeem Haider Panjutha as saying. Khan’s family members have been allowed weekly meetings with him. The court also directed a medical board to be formed, which will include Khan’s personal physician, and his sister Uzma Khan – also a medical doctor – to look into his health issues.It, however, warned against sharing the board’s medical report with the media or the public, or using it for any political purposes.A medical report submitted by the jail adminis...