'Medical check-up for former Pakistani prime minister in prison'

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan "was transferred from Adiala prison, in Rawalpindi, to the Pims hospital in Islamabad on the night between 10 and 11 November, for a medical examination and follow-up eye treatment" and was discharged around 2.30 in the morning: this was stated by the hospital in a press release, several Pakistani media and AFP write.

Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), denounced that the hospitalization "raises deeply worrying questions regarding his health... and the transparency surrounding his condition", reports AFP. While, according to the Dawn newspaper, the opposition party reiterated its demand that Khan be transferred to the private clinic Shifa International Hospital "with immediate and full implementation of the Supreme Court order of August 18, 2026" which PTI accuses the Pakistani government of not having respected. According to the party, the court had ordered Khan to be admitted to Shifa International Hospital, but the former prime minister was taken to a public hospital for a medical examination and then returned to prison.

Imran Khan, a former cricketer, was prime minister from 2018 to 2022, when he lost the leadership of the government after a motion of no confidence in Parliament against the backdrop of conflicts with the army leaders. After he lost power, charges were leveled against him that he and his supporters say were politically motivated, and last December he and his wife were sentenced to 17 years in prison on "fraud" charges that they say are unfounded.