{
  "id": 2481113,
  "title": "Imran ‘medically fit’ and back in jail, says govt as PTI cries foul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/imran-medically-fit-and-back-in-jail-says-govt-as-pti-cries-foul",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T02:29:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1542017/imran-medically-fit-and-back-in-jail-says-govt-as-pti-cries-foul/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Imran Khan, the PTI founding chairman, was taken to a hospital for a medical examination on August 21, as ordered by the Supreme Court. According to Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Khan was examined by a team of doctors, including an ophthalmologist, a cardiologist, and a physician, who deemed him \"medically fit\".\n\nKhan was initially supposed to be taken to the private Shifa International Hospital, but he was instead taken to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said the decision to change the hospital was made by security agencies due to concerns about the law and order situation.\n\nKhan has been imprisoned since 2023 on corruption charges, which he claims are politically motivated. His sister, Dr Uzma Khan, accompanied him during the hospital visit, and another sister, Noreen Khan, visited him in prison on Tuesday night. Khan was returned to Adiala jail after the medical examination.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}