PTI demands Imran’s immediate hospital transfer after jail report flags BP issues
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday expressed concern about party founder Imran Khan’s elevated blood pressure, which was revealed in a report submitted by the Adiala jail superintendent to the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, and demanded that he be immediately transferred to the hospital for treatment.
The report was submitted today, a day before the SC is due to take up Imran’s cases, and flagged high blood pressure in the former prime minister as it recommended more family visits to reduce his anxiety and blood pressure issues.
Addressing a press conference on the matter, PTI leaders said that Imran should be shifted to a hospital and be provided access to his doctors, his family and his lawyers.
“It has been confirmed that Khan’s blood pressure is high. It is the concern and demand of every Pakistani that Imran be immediately shifted to a hospital so that he can receive the best medical treatment,” PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said.
“Yesterday, our case was filed in the Supreme Court, and we implore the chief justice and courts for justice. We have gone to the high court 25 times, and to the Supreme Court 15 times. This is Khan’s fundamental legal right, and he should be allowed to meet his family, his doctors and lawyers tomorrow,” Gohar added.
He further stated that “till the time that access is not granted to Imran and meetings with him are not allowed, till he does not get medical treatment, our worries about him will not subside.”
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“Since last October, access has been denied to Imran, and we have been demanding that this ‘cat and mouse game’ should end”, Gohar said.Read More