Former cricket captains appeal to Pakistan Prime Minister for humane treatment for Imran Khan
FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview in 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview in 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
A group of 21 former international cricket captains, including India’s Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, made an official appeal to Pakistan’s Primer Minister Shehbaz Sharif, requesting ‘humane treatment and proper medical care for Imran Khan.
Former Pakistan cricket captain Khan served as his country’s Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022. He was imprisoned in August 2023 and has faced charges in over 100 cases, ranging from leaking state secrets to selling state gifts, all of which he has decried as politically motivated.
The appeal from the captains’ community came after Khan’s court-mandated medical check-up was interfered with by the Pakistan government. The request from the group had three major points:
- That the medical board directed by the Supreme Court — including Mr Khan’s own doctors — be permitted to complete a full and independent assessment of his health, particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye.
- That the weekly family visits reinstated by the Court be honoured without interruption or administrative delay.
- That whatever the outcome of that medical assessment, the treatment recommended by it be provided without delay.
The rest of the appeal read as follows: “Imran Khan is 73 years old and has now spent more than three years in custody. Whatever the legal and political arguments surrounding his case, the basic decency of ensuring a court-ordered medical process is actually completed is not, in our view, a controversial request.
“It is one we believe every nation that plays this game would recognise as fair. We hope this matter can be resolved expeditiously and with the dignity Mr Imran Khan deserves.”
Published on Aug 23, 2026
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