Imran’s sister Noreen falls into sewer under construction in Rawalpindi

Noreen Niazi, the sister of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was injured on Tuesday after falling into an under-construction drain while on her way to a planned family visit at Adiala Prison.

Access to Imran has been a point of contention in recent weeks, with planned meetings with his family on Tuesdays and Thursdays repeatedly blocked. Despite these setbacks, family members continue their attempts to meet the imprisoned leader.

Niazi, along with other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, were in Dahgal Naka trying to meet the imprisoned PTI founder when they were stopped by police at a checkpoint.

As they attempted to cross the construction site on foot, Niazi lost her balance and fell into a drain being constructed as part of a sewer line on Adiala Road. She was rescued from the sewers and taken to a safe place.

Another woman, identified as Sadaf, also fell into the sewer and was seriously injured. Sadaf was then transferred to a government hospital for immediate treatment.

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Imran has been detained in Adiala Prison since August 2023 after a series of convictions and prosecutions that followed his ouster from power in 2022. He was first arrested in August 2023 and sentenced to prison on corruption-related charges. motivated.

Imran was brought to PIMS for follow-up eye treatment i.e. second dose of intravitreal injection of anti VEGF in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Before the procedure, he was examined by a committee of specialists, including a consultant cardiologist who also performed an echocardiogram and an ECG.

Last week, the medical board that examined him reported an improvement in his eyesight and did not recommend transferring him to hospital. According to the whistled medical report, obtained by The Express PK Press Clubhis vision in his right eye has improved from 6/36 to 6/9, while his left eye maintains 6/6 vision through the use of glasses. The assessment was conducted by Dr Nadeem Qureshi and Dr Arif, following a detailed examination at Adiala Prison.

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According to Imran’s medical report, the anterior segment of both eyes was normal and the cornea was clear. He noted a slight intragel hemorrhage at the edge of the right eye and a moderate retinal hemorrhage in all four quadrants.

The swelling of the macula in the right eye subsided, with macular thickness reduced from 550 to 350 microns. The board outlined the ongoing medications and treatment and recommended OCT angiography and fundus fluorescein angiography after completion of anti-VEGF treatment, the report added, while no recommendation was made for Imran’s transfer to a hospital.