Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer amid access battle

Supreme Court grants jailed ex-PM transfer to hospital for nearly a month after concerns are raised over his blood pressure. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the transfer of Imran Khan, former prime minister and founder of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, from Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital within two days, granting a demand his party had been making for months. Uzair Bhandari, one of Khan’s lawyers, told Al Jazeera the three-member bench on Tuesday also ordered a medical board be formed to oversee Khan’s treatment, including the former prime minister’s sister Dr Uzma Khan and his personal physician Dr Faisal Sultan. “The court also directed that Khan’s family be allowed to meet him at the hospital and that he be permitted to speak with his sons, who live abroad,” Bhandari said. The next hearing has been scheduled for September 16, and Khan should remain hospitalised until at least then as per the order, according to the lawyer.

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