PTI Demands Imran Khan and Wife Be Moved to Shifa Hospital, Alleges Denial of Medical Access
PTI leaders say the demand and delegation of protest authority to Mahmood Khan Achakzai signal an escalation of street pressure on federal authorities.
Overview
- On Friday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ministers and the Insaf Doctors Forum held press conferences demanding unfettered access for Imran Khan’s personal doctors, family and lawyers and an immediate transfer of Khan and Bushra Bibi to Shifa International Hospital.
- PTI officials say Imran Khan has suffered an eye ailment for about four months and that both he and his wife were taken to a hospital late at night without prior notice to family or their personal physicians.
- The party alleges Khan has been held in custody since August 2023, spent roughly seven months in near-solitary conditions, and has been denied meetings in ways the party says breach jail rules and court orders.
- PTI has handed protest decision-making to Mahmood Khan Achakzai and authorised actions such as roadblocks or a long march, with the Insaf Doctors Forum leading public mobilisation over the medical-access claims.
- Articles reporting these claims do not include a federal government response or independent medical verification, and PTI points to Khan’s January 2025 Al-Qadir University conviction as part of its wider argument that his cases are politically motivated.