Ex-cricket captains urge 'proper medical care' for Imran Khan
The former skippers say it is "basic decency" for Pakistan to comply with a court-ordered medical assessment.
A coalition of 21 former cricket captains, comprising Sunil Gavaskar, Sir Alastair Cook, Michael Atherton, Michael Brearley, Nasser Hussain, Andrew Strauss, David Gower, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Belinda Clark, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, and Kim Hughes, have implored Pakistan to provide proper medical attention to ex-PM Imran Khan, currently incarcerated on corruption charges.
The cricketers penned a letter to Pakistan's current leader Shehbaz Sharif, highlighting their alarm over Khan's limited hospital access and lack of personal physician oversight. The letter's three demands include a thorough evaluation by a medical board comprising his personal doctors, weekly family visits without delays, and prompt implementation of recommended treatments.
The signatories, former colleagues and rivals, emphasized that ensuring the court-ordered medical process is not a controversial request. Imran Khan, 73, has been in custody since 2023, his party alleging the charges are politically motivated. He faced a court-ordered transfer to a private hospital for examination, but was instead examined at a government-run facility, which deemed him medically fit, before being returned to jail.
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