{
  "id": 2301635,
  "title": "Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan taken back to prison from hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-taken-back-to-prison-from-hospital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T04:11:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/21/pakistan-ex-pm-imran-khan-taken-back-to-prison-from-hospital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, 73, has been returned to prison after a brief stay at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. Khan was transferred to the hospital on Friday morning, following a Supreme Court order demanding his medical examination. His party confirmed that Khan had been taken back to Adiala prison in Rawalpindi. Khan has been incarcerated since August 2023, claiming that the charges against him are politically motivated—a claim the government refutes. His legal team has reported a decline in his health, noting his vision in his right eye has deteriorated significantly. The government maintains that medical assessments found no immediate health concerns. In a Tuesday ruling, the Supreme Court ordered Khan's transfer to Shifa within 48 hours, granting him access to a medical team including his personal physician.",
  "summary": "A spokesperson for Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed that the former prime minister had been taken back to Adiala prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Pakistan: Former PM Khan briefly moved to private hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/pakistan-former-pm-khan-briefly-moved-to-private-hospital",
        "published": "2026-08-20T21:56:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Imran Khan moved to Pakistan's Shifa hospital after Supreme Court order: What we know so far",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/imran-khan-moved-to-pakistans-shifa-hospital-after-supreme-court",
        "published": "2026-08-21T01:31:59.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Shifted To Islamabad Hospital After Supreme Court Order; Massive Crowd Gathers Outside - VIDEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-shifted-to-islamabad-hospital-after",
        "published": "2026-08-21T02:43:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pakistan’s Imran Khan moved to hospital after Supreme Court order",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pakistans-imran-khan-moved-to-hospital-after-supreme-court-order",
        "published": "2026-08-21T03:08:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Back In Jail, Hours After He Was Shifted To Hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-back-in-jail-hours-after-he-was-shifted",
        "published": "2026-08-21T03:44:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan taken back to prison from hospital, party spokesman says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pakistan-ex-pm-imran-khan-taken-back-to-prison-from-hospital-party",
        "published": "2026-08-21T03:55:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan taken back to prison from hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-taken-back-to-prison-from-hospital-2303348",
        "published": "2026-08-21T04:11:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan returned to jail after hospital checks: Govt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-returned-to-jail-after-hospital-checks",
        "published": "2026-08-21T05:23:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Supreme Court to rule today on challenge to legal vacation warrants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/supreme-court-to-rule-today-on-challenge-to-legal-vacation-warrants",
        "published": "2026-08-21T05:51:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Imran Khan returned to Adiala jail after declared medically fit: Tarar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/imran-khan-returned-to-adiala-jail-after-declared-medically-fit-tarar",
        "published": "2026-08-21T06:03:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}