Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) taken to a hospital in Islamabad for treating an eye fixed ailment, officers stated at the same time as his social gathering demanded “transparency, not secrecy” about his well being updates.
The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who has been on the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, since 2023, was final month recognized with proper central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) affecting his imaginative and prescient.
Mr. Khan was dropped at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) at Islamabad for a second dose of anti-VEGF (Vascular endothelial development issue) intravitreal injection, a physician on the hospital stated. He was later shifted again to the Adiala Jail. He had obtained remedy earlier on January 24.
“Earlier than the process, he was examined by a board of specialists: a guide heart specialist who additionally carried out echocardiography and ECG [result: normal] and a guide doctor.
“After acquiring knowledgeable consent, and underneath normal monitoring, precautionary measures and protocols within the operation theatre, he was injected with a second dose of intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF underneath the steerage of microscopy by guide ophthalmologist, and a guide vitreo-retinal surgeon of PIMS and Al-Shifa Eye Hospital,” the physician stated.
The process was carried out as a day-care surgical procedure and Mr. Khan’s vitals remained secure all through, the physician added. He was discharged after the process with directions for care and follow-up.
PIMS is a number one public hospital, whereas Rawalpindi-based Al-Shifa Belief Eye Hospital is a prestigious eye hospital run by a non-public belief.
Earlier, Mr. Khan’s household and his 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 was “essential to make clear that the federal government took him (Mr. Khan) to PIMS underneath strict safety preparations whereas fulfilling all authorized and humanitarian necessities.”
“In response to medical doctors’ directions, there was an enchancment within the eyesight after the primary process, protecting in view which professional physicians really useful a second process. Right now’s course of was accomplished efficiently, and after clearance from the medical staff, he was shifted again to Adiala,” he posted on social media.
Mr. Chaudhry reaffirmed that offering medical amenities to prisoners was the accountability of the state and stated all preparations had been made transparently and in accordance with laws. He added that Mr. Khan can be administered a 3rd injection on March 24.
Mr. Khan’s PTI demanded “transparency, not secrecy” in his remedy and reiterated its name for him to be shifted to Shifa Worldwide Hospital for what it described as impartial and clear medical care.
In a social media put up, Mr. Khan’s sister Aleema Khanum stated: “We don’t belief the prognosis or check studies from the federal government medical amenities.” “From the information, we discovered that Imran Mr. Khan was taken to PIMS once more in the midst of the night time, supposedly for his second injection within the eye,” she stated, demanding that the household learn earlier than any medical process.
Individually, the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-in-Pakistan (TTAP) opposition alliance staged a protest outdoors the Supreme Court docket demanding Mr. Khan’s launch from jail. The alliance had additionally held a protest on Monday in search of early hearings of instances in opposition to him.
The PTI staff and their alliance companions often stage demonstrations demanding Mr. Khan’s launch. The TTAP, in an announcement, too asserted that Mr. Khan must be instantly shifted to the Shifa Worldwide Hospital, Daybreak reported.
“A clear and credible mechanism have to be adopted relating to the medical care of the social gathering chief to revive public confidence,” it added. The previous Prime Minister was convicted and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case, whereas over a dozen instances in opposition to him are at completely different phases within the courts.
In the meantime, Noreen Khan, Imran Khan’s sister, was injured after falling into an under-construction sewerage line close to the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, on Tuesday (February 24). In response to the PTI, Noreen Khan, together with the social gathering staff and leaders, was current at Dahgal Naka, Rawalpindi, about 250 kms from Lahore, to press the federal authorities to permit anybody member of the family to satisfy the previous Prime Minister on the jail.
“Whereas crossing an under-construction sewerage line at Rawalpindi, Noreen Khan fell in it and suffered accidents to her fingers, ft and nostril. One other lady who was serving to Noreen to cross the road additionally fell and sustained accidents,” the social gathering stated, including, the situation of each the ladies is secure after receiving medical remedy.
The PTI social gathering claimed that Khan’s sisters – Noreen and Aleema – had been travelling in a automotive when their car was stopped by police at a picket close to the jail. It prompted the sisters to come back out of the automotive and take an alternate route by crossing the sewerage line when the unlucky incident occurred, the social gathering stated.
The sisters and different social gathering staff are protesting as the federal government will not be permitting them to satisfy Imran Khan.
Printed – February 24, 2026 11:22 pm IST