Imran Khan returns to jail after hospital visit
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Former prime minister Imran Khan returned to prison in Islamabad on Tuesday after being hospitalized for an eye examination and treatment of some blood pressure issues, according to sources. Khan, currently held at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, had undergone the medical check-up at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences last night.
Upon completion of his treatment, he was moved back to his prison cell. The former cricket player and politician has been facing multiple corruption cases since his government was removed in a no-confidence vote in 2022 and has been incarcerated since August of that year. Most of his convictions have either been suspended or overturned, with appeals still pending.
Khan denies any wrongdoing and claims the charges are politically motivated, a claim his party and lawyers support. The 74-year-old has reportedly experienced significant vision loss in his right eye while in prison. This was the first known instance since August where Khan was taken to the hospital and subsequently returned to jail.
His party has also reported that a court has ordered prison authorities to allow Khan's legal team and his wife to visit him. Deputy chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, was also taken from prison to a hospital in Lahore on Tuesday and remains there.
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