Pakistan’s top court orders imprisoned former PM Imran Khan taken to hospital, allows family visits

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered authorities to take imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in the capital for a medical examinationByMUNIR AHMED Associated PressISLAMABAD -- Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to take imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in the capital for a medical examination, following months of concerns from his family and personal physicians about his health and access to medical care, his lawyers and party officials said.A three-judge panel ordered that Khan be taken to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad in the coming days and examined by a medical board that will include specialists and one of his personal physicians, Faisal Sultan.The court also ordered prison officials to allow Khan weekly meetings with family members and telephone calls with his sons. Khan’s family has been struggling to secure access to him and have him examined by physicians of his choice. Pakistan barred visitors earlier this year after receiving intelligence reports about a possible attack on the prison where he is being held.The order came months after Khan petitioned the court, asking to be trans...