Imran Khan returns to jail after hospital visit

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to a hospital in Islamabad for treatment on Tuesday before being returned to prison, sources said.

Khan, who is being held at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, underwent an eye examination at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, an official said.

"He had some blood pressure problems and received the necessary treatment last night. He has been moved back to his prison cell," the official said.

The cricketer-turned-politician has faced multiple corruption cases since his government was ousted in a no-confidence vote in 2022. He has been in prison since August 2023.

All but one of Khan's convictions have been suspended or overturned, with appeals pending. He ​denies wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated, a claim the government denies.

Khan's lawyers say the 74-year-old's health has deteriorated in prison and that he has suffered significant vision loss in his right eye.

It was the first known time Khan had been taken to hospital and returned to jail since August, when a previous hospital visit was cut short.

His party also said a court had ordered prison authorities to allow Khan's legal team and his wife to meet him.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf deputy chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also taken from prison to a hospital in Lahore on Tuesday. He remains in hospital.