Local media reported that the 73-year-old was taken from prison to a hospital under tight security, after the government said it would comply with the Supreme Court order.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023. (Photo: AP/K.M. Chaudary)
21 Aug 2026 05:15AM
(Updated: 21 Aug 2026 06:17AM)
ISLAMABAD: Imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to a private hospital in the capital after midnight Thursday (Aug 20) for medical treatment, his party said, hours after a senior Cabinet minister pledged to comply with a Supreme Court order on his care.The minister also said the government could consider treatment abroad if adequate care was unavailable at a government facility.Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, said in a brief statement that he was transferred from Adiala prison to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad following a Supreme Court order earlier this week. The party provided no further details.It was unclear whether Khan, 73, would be returned to prison after the examination or allowed to remain at the hospital for medical treatment.
