Imran Khan’s Physician Says Report Of ‘improvement’ In Ex-pm’s Eyesight Cannot Be Verified

A squad of doctors treating Imran Khan has reported “improvement” successful his eyesight, his individual expert said Monday, but added he could neither corroborate nor contradict nan appraisal arsenic Pakistan's authorities person not granted him entree to nan imprisoned erstwhile premier.

Dr. Aasim Yusuf made nan remarks successful a video connection posted connected X a time aft a sheet of oculus specialists examined Khan astatine Adiala prison, successful nan garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi, pursuing an bid from Pakistan’s Supreme Court.

Yusuf said situation doctors briefed him by telephone Sunday astir an “improvement” successful Khan’s oculus information and nan curen he has received since precocious January erstwhile Khan underwent a process astatine a infirmary successful Islamabad aft complaining of partial imagination loss.

Yusuf said he would person been “extremely happy” if he could verify nan reported improvement.

“Unfortunately, because I person not seen him myself and person not been capable to participate successful his attraction aliases speak pinch him, I americium incapable to either corroborate aliases contradict nan veracity of what we person been told,” he said.

He besides called for immoderate further curen to beryllium carried retired astatine a infirmary successful Islamabad.

Cabinet curate Tariq Fazal Chaudhry wrote connected X connected Monday that a elaborate aesculapian introspection of Khan was conducted wrong nan Adiala situation and nan doctors recovered that nan eyesight of Khan had improved and “no awesome complications person emerged."

Concern astir Khan’s eyesight surfaced erstwhile nan authorities said he had undergone a little oculus procedure. It prompted nan Supreme Court to nonstop Khan’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, to meet him successful prison.

Safdar later told nan tribunal that Khan had mislaid astir 85% of imagination successful his correct eye, alarming supporters successful his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, aliases PTI, who person staged protests successful Islamabad and different cities demanding Khan's transportation to a hospital. Some PTI lawmakers and friends person besides held a sit-in extracurricular parliament since past week.

Khan, 73, has been held astatine situation since 2023 pursuing a condemnation successful a graft case. He was removed from agency successful April 2022 done a parliamentary no-confidence vote.

Khan alleges his ouster resulted from a U.S.-backed conspiracy involving governmental rivals and nan subject — claims denied by Washington, Pakistan’s subject and governmental opponents, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who replaced Khan.

Despite his ineligible challenges, Khan remains a cardinal governmental fig pinch a beardown support base.