Cricket greats appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imran's medical treatment in line with SC directives

A group of 22 former cricket greats, including 21 former captains, have penned a letter to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanding that former Prime Minister Imran Khan receive proper medical treatment in line with recent Supreme Court directives. The Supreme Court ordered the government to transfer Imran to Shifa International Hospital for a multidisciplinary medical examination and treatment, but he was instead taken to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where he was declared medically fit and returned to Adiala Jail before the court-appointed medical board could complete its work.

The letter's signatories, who included cricket legends such as Michael Atherton, Alex Blackwell, Allan Border, and many others, called for the court-appointed medical board to complete a full and independent assessment of Imran's health, including his reported loss of vision in his right eye, and for the recommended treatment to be provided without delay.

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