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Fourteen Former Cricket Captains Urge Pakistan to Assure Medical Care for Imran Khan

The appeal follows disputed reports of severe vision loss during his incarceration.

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
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FILE - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Islamabad on April 23, 2022. Pakistani officials said Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, that a gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Khan, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters. Party official Asad Umar and police say Khan was wounded in the foot and was not seriously hurt in the Wazirabad district in the eastern Punjab province. Rahmat Gul/AP)
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Overview

  • A letter organized by former Australia captain Greg Chappell was delivered to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with signatories including Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Clive Lloyd and John Wright.
  • The captains asked for immediate specialist treatment of Khan’s eye, humane detention conditions with regular family visits, and fair, transparent legal access.
  • Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered a detailed check-up before February 16, and doctors examined Khan at Adiala Jail on February 15 rather than transferring him to a hospital.
  • Government officials say his right-eye condition has improved and the interior minister called neglect claims propaganda, while Khan’s family and party seek hospital transfer and independent verification.
  • Khan has been jailed since August 2023 and is serving a reported 31-year cumulative sentence, as former Pakistan stars such as Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis also pressed publicly for proper medical care.