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ISLAMABAD:
The capital’s High Court on Tuesday removed the office’s objections to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for immediate transfer to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital for his eye treatment and issued notices to the respondents.
The court will hear the plea on March 10.
A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Justice Khadim Hussin Soomro, heard the miscellaneous criminal petition submitted by Imran’s lawyer Latif Khosa as part of the PTI founder and his wife’s main appeals against their conviction in the Toshakhana – depositing gifts case.
During the proceedings, the court asked why it should not also hear the main appeal.
Latif Khosa said the PTI founder’s health is also an issue and the request for transfer to a hospital also needs to be considered urgently. He asked the court to consider the plea tomorrow and also pass an order allowing his meeting with the PTI founder.
Imran’s vision ‘improved’
PIMS said on Tuesday that Imran showed significant improvement in his vision after his second dose of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection.
“The results are encouraging. Her vision has improved remarkably and she is at a noticeably good level at this stage,” read a statement released by PIMS.
A statement issued by PIMS on Tuesday further said that Imran’s examination was carried out at Adiala Prison by Dr Nadeem Qureshi, Head of Vitreoretinal Department at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, and Prof Dr Arif Khan, Head of Ophthalmology Department at PIMS.
The PTI immediately rejected this statement, arguing that “any medical examination carried out without the presence of one’s personal doctors and immediate family lacks transparency and credibility.”
Pre-arrest bail
A district and sessions court in Islamabad granted pre-arrest bail to the PTI founder in six cases and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in one case.
