PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, mentioned on Tuesday that the federal government’s model of occasions was unacceptable after the previous premier was taken to the hospital for the fifth time for the remedy of his eye ailment.
In a publish on X, Aleema mentioned, “Now we have acquired studies that Imran Khan was once more taken to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) within the early hours of June 15. We came upon via a tweet by Barrister Gohar on the morning of June 15.”
“We reject any medical report generated by Pims relating to Imran’s situation. The identical establishment has beforehand made questionable claims, together with the assertion that Imran had recovered 90 p.c of his eyesight. Imran himself rejected these claims when his lawyer later met him at Adiala jail,” she mentioned.
“A elementary query stays unanswered: Why does Imran require a fifth injection?” she requested.
“We don’t settle for the federal government’s model of occasions. We demand that Imran be examined and handled by impartial, certified specialists at Shifa Worldwide Hospital, Islamabad. That is an pressing and rapid precedence,” she mentioned.
She recalled {that a} courtroom order had allowed six relations to satisfy Imran each Tuesday; nonetheless, she contended that authorities had violated the order over the previous eight months.
“My sister, Dr Uzma Khan, has solely been allowed to satisfy him just a few instances, and her final assembly came about on December 2, 2025,” she mentioned.
“We reject the federal government’s continued use of isolation and deprivation as instruments of stress in opposition to Imran. Immediately, we count on all six relations to be allowed to satisfy him in accordance with the courtroom’s order,” she mentioned.
“The denial of Imran’s rights will not be merely a political difficulty; it’s a clear violation of each the jail handbook and excessive courtroom orders,” she mentioned.
Aleema mentioned that in keeping with the jail handbook, Imran was entitled to a weekly phone name along with his sons; a weekly assembly with relations; a weekly assembly along with his authorized counsel; entry to books and studying materials; entry to tv and newspapers; entry to correct medical remedy and common medical check-ups; and his rapid relations being notified earlier than any medical process.
She went on to say that courtroom orders stipulated that he be allowed to talk along with his sons on the telephone and that legal professionals, relations and social gathering representatives can meet him on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
“We demand the rapid restoration of all of Imran’s lawful rights as a prisoner, with entry to impartial {and professional} medical remedy within the presence of household as the best and most pressing precedence,” Aleema mentioned.
On Monday, Imran was delivered to Pims for a follow-up eye remedy, which included the administration of a fifth anti-VEGF intravitreal injection to him. Based on the hospital, he was examined by the ophthalmologists and was discovered to be clinically secure.
Imran final underwent the anti-VEGF intravitreal injection on April 28.
His eye ailment — proper central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) — got here to gentle in late January. His First medical process was carried out on January 24, adopted by a Second dose on February 24 and a Third dose on March 23.
Over the previous few months, the federal government and the opposition have been engaged in a blame recreationwith the latter accusing the previous of a scarcity of transparency in not making certain acceptable remedy for Imran, and never permitting his private physicians entry to him. The federal government denies these allegations.
The opposition has additionally demanded that the previous premier be shifted to Shifa Worldwide Hospital, be handled within the presence of his private physicians and allowed to satisfy his household.
