Overview
- A two-judge bench led by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi directed a specialist eye assessment to be completed before February 16 and permitted Khan to speak with his sons by phone.
- The court-appointed report by Barrister Salman Safdar, after a jail visit, quotes Khan as saying only 15% vision remains in his right eye and cites a February 6 note diagnosing right central retinal vein occlusion after a late-January procedure at PIMS.
- Safdar’s submission records Khan’s claims of prolonged solitary-like confinement, curtailed meetings with lawyers and family, and dissatisfaction with the timeliness of medical attention.
- Government representatives, including the attorney general, pledged to implement the court’s directives and disputed allegations of deliberate denial of care, while PTI leaders and family accused jail authorities of negligence and warned of legal action.
- Safdar later told reporters that media reports attributing health-related statements to him before his filing were misreported.