{
  "id": 2832896,
  "title": "Cricket greats appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imran's medical treatment in line with SC directives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/cricket-greats-appeal-to-pm-shehbaz-for-imrans-medical-treatment-in-2832896",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T17:42:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024773/cricket-greats-appeal-to-pm-shehbaz-for-imrans-medical-treatment-in-line-with-sc-directives"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A group of 22 former cricket greats, including 21 former captains, have penned a letter to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanding that former Prime Minister Imran Khan receive proper medical treatment in line with recent Supreme Court directives. The Supreme Court ordered the government to transfer Imran to Shifa International Hospital for a multidisciplinary medical examination and treatment, but he was instead taken to the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where he was declared medically fit and returned to Adiala Jail before the court-appointed medical board could complete its work. The letter's signatories, who included cricket legends such as Michael Atherton, Alex Blackwell, Allan Border, and many others, called for the court-appointed medical board to complete a full and independent assessment of Imran's health, including his reported loss of vision in his right eye, and for the recommended treatment to be provided without delay.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "21 ex-captains, including Gavaskar, Kapil, renew appeal for Imran Khan's treatment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/21-ex-captains-including-gavaskar-kapil-renew-appeal-for-imran-khans",
        "published": "2026-08-23T12:05:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ESPNcricinfo",
        "title": "Former captains renew appeal to Pakistan PM over Imran Khan's health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/former-captains-renew-appeal-to-pakistan-pm-over-imran-khans-health",
        "published": "2026-08-23T14:47:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Cricket greats appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imran's treatment in line with Supreme Court directives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/cricket-greats-appeal-to-pm-shehbaz-for-imrans-treatment-in-line-with",
        "published": "2026-08-23T16:51:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Ex-cricket captains urge PM Shehbaz to honour SC orders on Imran Khan’s treatment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/ex-cricket-captains-urge-pm-shehbaz-to-honour-sc-orders-on-imran",
        "published": "2026-08-23T17:14:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}