Imran Khan moves IHC to allow routine medical tests at Shaukat Khanum

Petition submitted through K-P CM Sohail Afridi, asking medical teams be given full access to PTI founder

On behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, a petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking permission for him to undergo medical tests and examinations at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital every month.

The petition was submitted through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. It requests the court to issue directions allowing the former prime minister to receive regular medical check-ups at Shaukat Khanum, “in accordance with his medical history and current health condition.”

The application names the Punjab Home Department secretary, the Inspector General of Prisons, the superintendent of Adiala Jail, the Medical Superintendent, and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital as respondents.

The petitioner has asked the court to order that medical teams be given full access to the PTI founder and that monthly examination reports be shared with both his family and the court.

The plea states that the PTI founder, a former prime minister, is facing “certain medical issues” and requires specialised care. It also alleges that he was convicted “at the direction of the current government as part of political victimisation.”

It further argues that, to ensure fairness and adequate treatment, the former premier “should be provided improved medical facilities, best delivered by Shaukat Khanum Hospital.”

A day earlier, Dr Uzma Khanum, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, said that her brother is in good health after her long-awaited meeting with the former prime minister at Adiala Jail.

The meeting, held in a special room, lasted 37 minutes. Speaking to reporters outside the facility, she said the interaction had gone well and reassured supporters about his condition, confirming that the former premier was in good health. “Alhamdulillah, his condition is fine and he is fully recovering,” she stated, offering a rare on-record update amid persistent concerns over his wellbeing.

According to Dr Uzma, the PTI founder told her that he was neither being allowed to speak to anyone nor permitted regular meetings. “They are subjecting me to mental torture. One person is responsible for all of this,” she quoted him as saying.

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Dr Uzma said Imran appeared visibly angry during the meeting, claiming he is kept confined to his room throughout the day and is only occasionally allowed outside adding that although his physical health was stable, he believed mental torture was worse than physical harm. She added that Khan was distressed after hearing about alleged mistreatment of Noreen Khan, and that Bushra Bibi was also being kept in solitary confinement.

She further said Khan also expressed respect for Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP) Chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai and his deputy Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, saying they would remain leaders of the opposition.

Aleema moves IHC

Aleema filed a contempt of court petition against the Adiala Jail authorities last week for allegedly defying a binding IHC order that permits meetings with Imran Khan.

The plea came against the backdrop of intensifying tensions outside Adiala Jail, where K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and a group of PTI lawmakers had staged an overnight sit-in after Afridi was denied access to Imran for the eighth consecutive time on Thursday.

The PTI leadership claims that the refusal to allow meetings has turned into a systematic policy of political punishment, despite clear judicial directions.

The petition names Adiala Jail Superintendent Abdul Ghafoor Anjum, Saddar Beroni Station House Officer Raja Aizaz Azeem, Federal Interior Secretary Capt (retd) Muhammad Khurram Agha, and Punjab Home Department Secretary Noorul Amin as respondents.

Earlier, Aleema and CM Afridi went to the IHC to seek an audience with the court's top judge. Speaking to the media outside the court, Afridi claimed they were informed that the chief justice "did not want to meet them".