Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was transferred to an Islamabad hospital on Tuesday (24 February 2026) for therapy of a watch illness, officers introduced, regardless of his social gathering calling for “transparency, not secrecy” relating to updates on his well being.
The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who has been in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail since 2023, was identified final month with proper central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), which impacts his eyesight.
Based on docs on the hospital, Khan was taken to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad for a second dose of anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial progress issue) intravitreal injection. He was then introduced again to Adiala Jail. He was present process therapy on January twenty fourth.
“Previous to surgical procedure, he underwent an examination by an skilled panel of advisor cardiologists and advisor physicians who additionally carried out an echocardiogram and ECG.
“After acquiring knowledgeable consent, a second intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF was carried out below customary monitoring, precautions and protocols within the working room and below the steering of a advisor ophthalmologist and microscopic examination by a advisor vitreoretinal surgeon from PIMS and Al Shifa Eye Hospital,” the physician stated.
The surgical procedure was carried out as a day surgical procedure and Khan’s vitals remained secure all through, the physician added. He was discharged from the hospital after the process with directions for care and follow-up.
Whereas PIMS is a number one public hospital, Rawalpindi-based Al Shifa Belief Eye Hospital is a prestigious eye hospital run by a non-public belief.
Earlier, Khan’s household and social gathering Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had demanded that he be handled at Shifa Worldwide Hospital, a non-public facility in Islamabad.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry stated: “It have to be made clear that the federal government has taken him (Mr Khan) to PIMS below strict safety whereas assembly all authorized and humanitarian necessities.”
“As per the physician’s directions, there was an enchancment in his imaginative and prescient after the primary surgical procedure and he stored in thoughts which specialist physician beneficial the second surgical procedure. As we speak’s course of was accomplished efficiently and he was returned to Adiala with the permission of the medical staff,” he posted on social media.
Chaudhry reaffirmed that it’s the state’s duty to supply medical services to prisoners and stated all preparations have been made transparently and in accordance with rules. He added that Khan will obtain his third shot on March 24.
Khan’s PTI demanded “transparency, not secrecy” in his therapy and renewed its demand for him to be transferred to Shifa Worldwide Hospital, which it describes as unbiased and clear medical care.
“We don’t belief the analysis or check stories from authorities medical services,” Khan’s sister Aleema Khanum stated in a social media put up. “We realized on the information that Mr. Imran Khan was taken to PIMS once more in the course of the night time, presumably for a second eye injection,” she stated, requesting that his household learn earlier than any medical process.
Individually, the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ain-in-Pakistan (TTAP) insurgent alliance staged a protest in entrance of the Supreme Court docket demanding Khan’s launch. The alliance additionally held protests on Monday demanding an early listening to of the case in opposition to him.
PTI employees and their alliance companions have regularly held demonstrations demanding Khan’s launch. Based on the Daybreak report, TTAP additionally stated in an announcement that Khan must be instantly transferred to Shifa Worldwide Hospital.
He added: “To revive public belief, clear and dependable mechanisms have to be adopted relating to the medical care of social gathering leaders.” The previous prime minister was convicted in a corruption case and sentenced to 14 years in jail, and greater than a dozen instances in opposition to him are at numerous levels in court docket.
In the meantime, Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Khan was injured on Tuesday, February 24, when she fell right into a sewer system below building close to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Based on PTI, Noreen Khan together with social gathering officers and leaders got here to Daggar Naka in Rawalpindi, about 250 km from Lahore, to pressurize the federal authorities to permit even one member of the family to fulfill the previous prime minister in jail.
“Noureen Khan fell whereas crossing a sewer pipe below building in Rawalpindi and sustained accidents to her arms, toes and nostril. One other lady who was serving to Noreen cross the road additionally fell and sustained accidents,” the social gathering stated, including that each ladies have been handled and are in secure situation.
The PTI social gathering claimed that Khan’s sisters Noreen and Aleema have been touring in a automobile once they have been stopped by police at a picket close to the jail. When the unlucky incident occurred, the sisters bought out of the automobile and took a unique route, crossing the sewer.
The sisters and different social gathering employees are protesting as a result of the federal government has not allowed them to fulfill Imran Khan.
issued – February 24, 2026 11:22 PM IST
