Islamabad, February 15 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in jail, was examined by a team of doctors on Sunday after a reported issue with his eyesight, while his party rejected the examination.
A lawyer from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visited Khan on Thursday at the direction of the Supreme Court to obtain a firsthand report on his living conditions. The report indicated that Khan had complained of losing approximately 85% of his vision in his right eye.
The court ordered authorities to conduct a thorough medical examination of the 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician before February 16.
Sources said that a team of doctors visited Khan and examined the affected eye in detail.
"The medical examination lasted for an hour, and the team left after collecting blood samples," sources said.
Last month, Khan was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, and a procedure was performed on his eye.
However, he complained of losing vision during the meeting with the lawyer, prompting his family and the
Government officials indicated on Saturday that Khan would soon be taken to a hospital, but instead, doctors were taken to jail to conduct the examination.
His party refused to accept the latest examination, stating that without the presence of the PTI, his family, and Khan's personal doctors, the government's actions were "malicious."
"Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf categorically rejects the recent conduct of the government and the jail administration regarding the medical examination of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's eye at Adiala Jail," the
"The government's claim that a message was sent to the party leadership to arrive at the jail during the examination is, in fact, a crude attempt to divert attention from the core issue," the PTI said in a post on X.
"This matter was never about the presence or absence of the party leadership. In such sensitive and delicate medical matters, the constitutional, moral, and legal right to make decisions belongs to Imran Khan's family."
"And the family cannot make an informed decision until Imran Khan's personal doctors are present during the examination. Therefore, inviting the party leadership symbolically has neither any moral rationale nor any legal justification," it said.
Khan has been in jail since August 5, 2023, when he was arrested at his Lahore residence after his conviction in a corruption case. He is currently incarcerated at the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
