Cricket legends urge Pakistan to provide 'proper medical care' for Imran Khan

Former cricket captains - including Sir Alastair Cook and Mike Atherton - have urged Pakistan to ensure jailed former prime minister Imran Khan receives "humane treatment and proper medical care".The letter, shared on Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's Facebook page, comes after the 73-year-old was temporarily moved to a hospital last week after a supreme court ruling. The cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August 2023 after being convicted in a string of cases which he says were politically driven, having been ousted from power in 2022.His lawyers say he has lost 85% of vision in his right eye while in jail, and Khan's sons have repeatedly raised concerns about his health.Read more: Khan being held in 'death cell', his sons say Meanwhile, Khan's English ex-wife, Jemima Goldsmith Khan, has urged Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband to act to help the former prime minister get access to his doctors.The former cricketers wrote their letter after reports that Khan was only in hospital for a few hours before being returned to prison last week. From February: Fears for Imran Khan's health "He was examined by a state-appointed team rather than the board the court had directed, ...