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Pakistan’s PTI demands access to jailed Khan after overnight hospital visit

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Hussain, A. (2026, November 11). Pakistan’s PTI demands access to jailed Khan after overnight hospital visit. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/11/pakistans-pti-demands-access-to-jailed-khan-after-overnight-hospital-visit?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-11-11 · by Abid Hussain

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has demanded access to its jailed leader, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, after he was taken to Islamabad’s PIMS hospital overnight for an eye examination and treatment. At 74 years old, Khan received intravitreal injections at the hospital to treat central retinal vein occlusion; his medical team was not informed of this visit, which raised concerns about transparency regarding his health and care. PTI asserts that Khan's family, personal doctors, and legal team should have unrestricted access to him, arguing that his medical treatment should not be politicized.
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As of November 11, 2026, Imran Khan, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, is back in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after receiving medical treatment. Khan had an eye check-up and was treated for blood pressure issues at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on November 10, returning to jail afterward. Since losing power in a no-confidence vote in 2022, Khan has faced multiple corruption charges and has been incarcerated for over three years. His lawyers claim that his health has declined significantly during this time, including severe vision loss in one eye. This marks the first hospital visit since August when his earlier stay was cut short.

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Imran Khan Back In Jail
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Islamabad PIMS PTI Pakistan Pakistani

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Khan PERSON · 12× Islamabad GPE · 4× PIMS ORG · 4× PTI ORG · 4× Pakistan GPE · 3× 4Imran Khan’s PERSON · 2× Imran Khan PERSON · 2× Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences ORG · 1× Pakistani NORP · 1× Rawalpindi GPE · 1×

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- list 3 of 4‘Containerabad’: Pakistan’s capital and truckers bleed money amid lockdown - list 4 of 4‘Source of anxiety’: Pakistan cracks down before march to free Imran Khan In a statement, PIMS said a medical check was conducted on Khan on the advice of his ophthalmologist.
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Claims (22 extracted, 0 hedged)

The party of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has demanded access to its leader after he was taken to a hospital overnight for treatment and sent back to prison. asserted
he → jail → prison
Khan, 74, briefly left the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for an eye examination at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the government hospital said on Wednesday. asserted
hospital → leave → Wednesday
Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Imran Khan’s PTI braces to fight federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - list 2 of asserted
PTI → brace → Pakhtunkhwa
4Imran Khan’s party launches march to Islamabad demanding his release asserted
party → launch → release
- list 3 of 4‘Containerabad’: Pakistan’s capital and truckers bleed money amid lockdown - list 4 of 4‘Source of anxiety’: Pakistan cracks down before march to free Imran Khan In a statement, PIMS said a medical check was conducted on Khan on the advice of his ophthalmologist. asserted
check → bleed → ophthalmologist
Khan has received a series of intravitreal injections in his right eye to treat central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), a condition diagnosed after he reported reduced vision. asserted
he → receive → vision
He received his first injection in January. asserted
He → receive → January
PIMS said Khan received another injection overnight. asserted
Khan → say → injection
“His vital parameters were found to be normal. asserted
parameters → find → ?
He was clinically stable, and his general physical examination was normal,” the hospital said, adding that he was discharged about 2:30am (21:30 GMT on Tuesday) with instructions for further care and follow-up. asserted
he → say → care
Khan, a former cricket star who served as premier from 2018 to 2022, has been behind bars since August 2023 on multiple corruption charges he denies and calls politically motivated. asserted
he → serve → charges
The government rejects the allegation. asserted
government → reject → allegation
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday said the overnight hospital visit and his return to his prison cell raise “deeply troubling questions” about his health, the quality of his medical care and the transparency surrounding his condition. asserted
visit → say → condition
Nor can the medical treatment of a former prime minister be reduced to a procedural formality,” the PTI said, adding that the “state bears full responsibility for his safety and wellbeing”. asserted
state → reduce → safety
“His family, personal doctors and legal team must be given immediate and unrestricted access,” the party said. asserted
party → give → access
PTI information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram told Al Jazeera that Khan’s family and personal doctors were not told about the hospital visit and the party learned of it from news reports. asserted
party → tell → reports
“No one from the family or party was there [at the hospital]; our personal physician was not there either,” he said. asserted
he → say → hospital
During a hearing on Tuesday, Khan’s lawyer Salman Safdar told the Islamabad High Court that while Khan had said his eyesight had improved, his blood pressure remained a concern. asserted
pressure → tell → Court
Safdar had appeared on behalf of Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to appeal against their convictions in a property case. asserted
Safdar → appear → case
In response, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry told reporters that Khan was receiving the required medical care and his treatment was not being neglected. asserted
treatment → tell → care
In August, the Supreme Court ordered that Khan should be moved to a private hospital of his choice in Islamabad. asserted
Khan → order → Islamabad
Instead, he was taken to PIMS and returned to jail. asserted
he → take → jail
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