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.”