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Pakistan's incarcerated erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan was connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) taken to a infirmary successful Islamabad for treating an oculus ailment, officials said adjacent arsenic his enactment demanded “transparency, not secrecy” astir his wellness updates.
The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who has been astatine the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, since 2023, was past period diagnosed with close cardinal retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) affecting his vision.
Mr. Khan was brought to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) astatine Islamabad for a 2nd dose of anti-VEGF (Vascular endothelial maturation factor) intravitreal injection, a doc astatine the infirmary said. He was aboriginal shifted backmost to the Adiala Jail. He had received attraction earlier connected January 24.
“Before the procedure, helium was examined by a committee of specialists: a advisor cardiologist who besides performed echocardiography and ECG [result: normal] and a advisor physician.
“After obtaining informed consent, and nether modular monitoring, precautionary measures and protocols successful the cognition theatre, helium was injected with a 2nd dose of intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF nether the guidance of microscopy by advisor ophthalmologist, and a advisor vitreo-retinal surgeon of PIMS and Al-Shifa Eye Hospital,” the doc said.
The process was carried retired arsenic a day-care country and Mr. Khan’s vitals remained unchangeable throughout, the doc added. He was discharged aft the process with instructions for attraction and follow-up.
PIMS is simply a starring nationalist hospital, portion Rawalpindi-based Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital is simply a prestigious oculus infirmary tally by a backstage trust.
Earlier, Mr. Khan’s household and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had demanded that helium beryllium treated astatine Shifa International Hospital, a backstage installation successful Islamabad.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said it was “necessary to clarify that the authorities took him (Mr. Khan) to PIMS nether strict information arrangements portion fulfilling each ineligible and humanitarian requirements.”
“According to doctors’ instructions, determination was an betterment successful the eyesight aft the archetypal procedure, keeping successful presumption which adept physicians recommended a 2nd procedure. Today’s process was completed successfully, and aft clearance from the aesculapian team, helium was shifted backmost to Adiala,” helium posted connected societal media.
Mr. Chaudhry reaffirmed that providing aesculapian facilities to prisoners was the work of the authorities and said each arrangements were made transparently and successful accordance with regulations. He added that Mr. Khan would beryllium administered a 3rd injection connected March 24.
Mr. Khan's PTI demanded “transparency, not secrecy” successful his attraction and reiterated its telephone for him to beryllium shifted to Shifa International Hospital for what it described arsenic autarkic and transparent aesculapian care.
In a societal media post, Mr. Khan's sister Aleema Khanum said: “We bash not spot the diagnosis oregon trial reports from the authorities aesculapian facilities.” “From the news, we recovered retired that Imran Mr. Khan was taken to PIMS again successful the mediate of the night, supposedly for his 2nd injection successful the eye,” she said, demanding that the household beryllium informed earlier immoderate aesculapian procedure.
Separately, the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-in-Pakistan (TTAP) absorption confederation staged a protestation extracurricular the Supreme Court demanding Mr. Khan's merchandise from jail. The confederation had besides held a protestation connected Monday seeking aboriginal hearings of cases against him.
The PTI workers and their confederation partners often signifier demonstrations demanding Mr. Khan's release. The TTAP, successful a statement, excessively asserted that Mr. Khan should beryllium instantly shifted to the Shifa International Hospital, Dawn reported.
“A transparent and credible mechanics indispensable beryllium adopted regarding the aesculapian attraction of the enactment person to reconstruct nationalist confidence,” it added. The erstwhile Prime Minister was convicted and sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment successful a corruption case, portion implicit a twelve cases against him are astatine antithetic stages successful the courts.
Meanwhile, Noreen Khan, Imran Khan's sister, was injured aft falling into an under-construction sewerage enactment adjacent the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, connected Tuesday (February 24). According to the PTI, Noreen Khan, on with the enactment workers and leaders, was contiguous astatine Dahgal Naka, Rawalpindi, astir 250 kms from Lahore, to property the national authorities to let immoderate 1 household subordinate to conscionable the erstwhile Prime Minister astatine the jail.
“While crossing an under-construction sewerage enactment astatine Rawalpindi, Noreen Khan fell successful it and suffered injuries to her hands, feet and nose. Another pistillate who was helping Noreen to transverse the enactment besides fell and sustained injuries,” the enactment said, adding, the information of some the women is unchangeable aft receiving aesculapian treatment.
The PTI enactment claimed that Khan's sisters – Noreen and Aleema – were travelling successful a car erstwhile their conveyance was stopped by constabulary astatine a picket adjacent the jail. It prompted the sisters to travel retired of the car and instrumentality an alternate way by crossing the sewerage enactment erstwhile the unfortunate incidental took place, the enactment said.
The sisters and different enactment workers are protesting arsenic the authorities is not allowing them to conscionable Imran Khan.
