{
  "id": 1692937,
  "title": "Pakistan Supreme Court orders jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to be moved to hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pakistan-supreme-court-orders-jailed-ex-pm-imran-khan-to-be-moved-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:49:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3364445/pakistan-supreme-court-orders-jailed-ex-pm-imran-khan-be-moved-hospital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital for medical checks, after a petition by his lawyers over claims of poor health. Justice Shahid Waheed said 73-year-old Khan, who had been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges, would be shifted in the next two days to Shifa International Hospital in the capital Islamabad. Khan and his…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "2 senior judges nominated as Supreme Court justices",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/2-senior-judges-nominated-as-supreme-court-justices",
        "published": "2026-08-18T11:36:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}