Imran Khan taken to PIMS for eye treatment, then meets lawyers in Adiala
Imran Khan got an eye injection at PIMS overnight, then met lawyers for over two hours under an IHC order. What his team says about his health.
Imran Khan was taken from Adiala jail to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on the night of 10 to 11 November for eye treatment, and on Wednesday he met his lawyers inside the jail for more than two hours, after the Islamabad High Court ordered the meeting.
The hospital visit
PIMS said the former prime minister was given an anti-VEGF injection in his eye as part of a check-up and follow-up eye treatment. An anti-VEGF injection is a standard treatment for some retinal problems. The hospital described his overall condition as satisfactory and stable, Geo News reported. He was taken back to Adiala afterwards.
The court order
On Tuesday, an IHC division bench led by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, hearing the appeals in the £190 million case, directed that lawyers Latif Khosa and Salman Safdar be allowed to meet Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi. Each lawyer was allowed an hour. The attorney general told the court the meetings could be arranged if the lawyers assured the bench that arguments on the appeals would start at the next hearing.
The meeting
The meeting took place in the jail’s conference room on Wednesday and lasted more than two hours, according to jail sources quoted by Aaj News. Bushra Bibi was also there. The lawyers discussed the pending cases and petitions with him. Some reports put the meeting at three hours; we could not confirm that.
What his team says
Salman Safdar said afterwards that Imran Khan reported his eyesight had improved, but that his blood pressure was still not under control, and warned of a risk of a brain haemorrhage. PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan repeated the party’s demand that he be moved to Shifa International Hospital, citing Supreme Court directions of 18 August. The government has not responded to that demand.
What comes next
The £190 million appeals return to the IHC, where, under Tuesday’s arrangement, the defence is expected to begin its arguments. PTI is also pressing for regular family and medical access, which has been the subject of repeated petitions.
