ISLAMABAD: A team of doctors on Sunday inspected jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's eye condition at Rawalpindi's Adiala prison, the jail superintendent said, after his lawyer reported a significant loss of sight in his right eye.
The development followed a report submitted to the Supreme Court by a lawyer appointed as amicus curiae who was asked to visit Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail earlier this month. The report said the 73-year-old had suffered severe vision loss in his right eye due to central retinal vein occlusion, leaving him with only 15 percent sight in the affected eye.
The findings triggered a sit-in by an opposition alliance, including members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, demanding his immediate transfer to Islamabad’s Al-Shifa Hospital. Khan was also allowed to speak to his sons for about 20 minutes, according to his family, despite the former premier’s limited interactions with family and legal team in recent months due to restrictions that the PTI has challenged in court.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the Adiala Jail superintendent said a team of expert doctors from various hospitals had arrived at the prison with necessary medical equipment and medicines and was conducting a detailed examination of the ex-premier's eye.
