21 Former Cricket Captains Urge Pakistan to Honor Imran Khan Medical Order
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Updated · The Hindu · Aug 23
21 Former Cricket Captains Urge Pakistan to Honor Imran Khan Medical Order
3 articles · Updated · The Hindu · Aug 23
Summary
Twenty-one former international cricket captains appealed to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government to ensure humane treatment and proper medical care for Imran Khan, 73, after his court-ordered medical process was cut short.
Pakistan's Supreme Court had ordered Khan transferred to hospital for examination by a medical board including his own doctors and his sister, and had reinstated weekly family visits.
His hospital stay lasted only a few hours, the letter said, and he was examined by a state-appointed team, declared medically fit and returned to Adiala Jail before the court-directed board could complete its work.
The captains asked that Khan's own doctors be allowed to finish an independent assessment — particularly over reported vision loss in his right eye — and that any recommended treatment and weekly family visits proceed without delay.
The signatories said they were not intervening in Pakistan's politics or legal process, but pressing for a court-ordered medical review to be completed after more than three years of Khan's custody.
Will a humanitarian plea from 21 international cricket captains force Pakistan's government to finally grant Imran Khan independent medical care?
Why did Pakistani authorities bypass a Supreme Court order for Imran Khan's medical exam, prompting global cricket legends to intervene?
How does a government balance internal political imprisonment with mounting international pressure from high-profile sporting icons demanding basic human rights?