ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s vision has “improved remarkably,” the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) said on Tuesday, following an examination after he received an intravitreal injection amid concerns related to his eyesight.
Khan, 74, has been held at Adiala jail since August 2023 in cases that he and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party say are politically motivated. His health has become an increasingly sensitive political issue in recent weeks, particularly after a lawyer informed Pakistan’s Supreme Court that his vision in one eye had significantly deteriorated while in custody.
The ex-premier has reportedly been receiving treatment for retinal vein occlusion, a condition caused by blocked veins draining blood from the retina that can lead to vision loss.
In a statement issued last night, PIMS said Khan had been examined at Adiala Prison on Mar. 3 by a medical board comprising two senior doctors, one of them heading its ophthalmology department and the other heading the vitreoretinal department at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital.
“This examination was performed as a follow-up of his second dose of intravitreal injection of anti VEGF,” it added. “The board concluded that his vision has improved remarkably which is substantially good vision at this stage.”
