Pakistan to challenge Imran Khan hospital order
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- Azam Nazeer Tarar announced that the government would seek review of the court order, declaring that it was not within the law.
- Supreme Court ordered Khan’s transfer from Rawalpindi jail to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within two days and access to his personal physician.
- The court order also required two telephone calls weekly between Khan and his two sons, who live in London.
- Khan’s sons have not seen him since 2022 because they lack Pakistani visas, and Kasim asked the government to issue them.
- Tarar argued that law requires a convicted prisoner to receive treatment inside jail or at a public hospital, and said the appeal would seek modification.
- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf welcomed the order and demanded that it be implemented immediately, fully and without delay.
- Khan’s lawyers said he had lost significant vision in his right eye while imprisoned, prompting repeated health concerns from his sons.
Why it matters: The two-day deadline directs Khan’s access to Shifa International Hospital, his personal physician and two weekly calls with his London-based sons. The government’s planned review pits that access against its claim that jailed convicts must receive treatment in prison or a public hospital, leaving implementation unresolved.
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