3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 22
Summary
PTI asked Pakistan’s top court to hold Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the law minister, the information minister and other officials in contempt after Imran Khan was taken to PIMS, not the private hospital judges ordered.
A three-judge bench had directed Khan’s transfer from Adiala jail to Shifa International Hospital within 2 days for medical examination, but authorities instead gave him a brief Friday check-up at the state-run facility and returned him to jail.
The party also says officials breached the order by denying Khan access to his personal physician and argues the ruling required medical supervision until at least mid-September.
The government said PIMS was used because of security risks at Shifa and that Khan’s evaluation found no condition needing immediate care.
The dispute has sharpened a wider standoff around the jailed former premier, whose supporters rallied in Islamabad and whose party says the episode will build momentum for a planned Sept. 27 protest.