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• Dr Uzma says Imran being denied ‘human interaction’; suffering from anxiety, fears dying in isolation ‘like Egypt’s Morsi’

• Pims statement says eye doctors from Shifa participated in PTI founder’s medical check-up

ISLAMABAD: Fearing that he will be ‘killed th­­r­ough isolation’, PTI foun­der Imran Khan has cal­led on Khyber Pakhtun­k­hwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to expedite the movement for his release, Dr Uzma Khan said on Friday after a brief meeting with her brother during his checkup at Pims in the early hours.

Addressing a press conference alongside her sisters and PTI leaders, Dr Uzma said that her bro­ther had complained that he was not allowed any human interaction, which he described as a form of ‘mental torture’.