Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders authorities to move former prime minister Imran Khan from prison to a hospital in Islamabad for medical treatment. Multiple outlets report the court directs the transfer as part of Khan’s hospitalisation request, with the move framed as ensuring appropriate medical access while he remains detained.
Dawn reports the ruling specifies Shifa International Hospital for a medical checkup, issued by a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Shahid Wahid. Dawn also says the court directs authorities to arrange weekly meetings between Khan and his family and to form a medical board that includes his personal physician and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan. It adds that the court instructs lawyers and family not to share medical reports with the media or politicise the issue.
Bloomberg and The Independent similarly describe the decision as a Supreme Court directive to shift Khan to a hospital, noting his long detention period and positioning the decision as significant for him and the opposition. While outlets differ on specific logistical details, they broadly agree on the core outcome: the court orders a jail-to-hospital transfer for medical reasons.
