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  "id": 3011678,
  "title": "'We can ask Pakistan and request them': Kapil asks 'better treatment' for Imran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/we-can-ask-pakistan-and-request-them-kapil-asks-better-treatment-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:20:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/we-can-ask-pakistan-and-request-them-kapil-dev-asks-better-treatment-for-jailed-imran-khan/articleshow/133460894.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former India captain Kapil Dev has joined 21 former international captains in urging Pakistan to provide jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan with proper medical care and humane conditions. The group has asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to follow court orders allowing medical treatment and weekly family visits. Kapil stressed that the appeal is about Khan’s health, not his legal cases.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Former cricket captains appeal to Pakistan over Khan health care",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/former-cricket-captains-appeal-to-pakistan-over-khan-health-care",
        "published": "2026-08-24T00:37:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "What’s in the Imran Khan letter? Gavaskar, Kapil make three requests to Pakistan PM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/whats-in-the-imran-khan-letter-gavaskar-kapil-make-three-requests-to",
        "published": "2026-08-24T02:48:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, among former 22 cricket captains wrote letter to Pakistan PM over Imran Khan's health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kapil-dev-sunil-gavaskar-among-former-22-cricket-captains-wrote",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:47:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Give Imran Khan proper medical care, cricket legends urge Pakistani gov’t",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/give-imran-khan-proper-medical-care-cricket-legends-urge-pakistani",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:33:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Give Imran Khan proper medical care, cricket legends urge Pakistani gov’t",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/give-imran-khan-proper-medical-care-cricket-legends-urge-pakistani-3017457",
        "published": "2026-08-24T10:54:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Gohar rejects speculation about Imran Khan deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/gohar-rejects-speculation-about-imran-khan-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-24T10:58:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}