Hospital doctors in Islamabad treated former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for volatile blood pressure and worsening eye trouble late Tuesday night before prison guards escorted him back to his cell at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail.
Khan's defense attorneys revealed the 74-year-old former cricket captain has suffered significant vision loss in his right eye. Detention conditions have accelerated his physical decline. He had remained incarcerated for more than three years following his removal from office in a 2022 parliamentary no-confidence vote. The late-night hospital transfer marks the first documented medical intervention outside prison walls since authorities cut short an earlier visit in August.
Hospital authorities admitted Khan to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences under heavy guard late Tuesday, November 10, following an acute spike in his blood pressure. Medical teams administered emergency therapy overnight and conducted an extensive optical evaluation on his deteriorating right eye.
“He had some blood pressure issues and was given required treatment last night,” an attending official confirmed on Wednesday, November 11. “He has been shifted back to his prison cell.”
The physical toll on the former prime minister has intensified across dozens of legal battles. All of Khan's judicial convictions bar one have been suspended or overturned on appeal, yet he remains confined in Rawalpindi. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder has repeatedly denied all criminal and corruption allegations, characterizing the state charges as politically orchestrated.
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| Primary Clinical Complaints | Hypertension & Optical Strain | Acute blood pressure spike and significant right-eye vision loss | ||||||
| Confinement Duration | Over 3 Years | Jailed since initial August 2023 arrest at Adiala Jail | ||||||
| Co-Detainee Hospitalization | November 10, 2026 | AirNews Deputy Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi moved to Lahore hospital |
Pressure on prison medical wards widened across the border province. In the eastern city of Lahore, authorities transferred Khan's deputy party chairman, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, from a local prison to an emergency hospital ward on Tuesday. Qureshi remains admitted under inpatient observation.
Simultaneously, a Pakistani court issued a binding order directing Adiala Jail superintendents to grant Khan's legal defense team immediate access to both him and his wife. The court directive comes amid state crackdowns in northern Pakistan, where central authorities declared emergency rule across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11 to quell massive street demonstrations demanding Khan's immediate release from custody.
Hearing schedules on Khan's final remaining conviction appeal and follow-up medical reviews by independent physicians will proceed in the high court later this week.