Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health after undergoing a medical procedure for an eye ailment at a government hospital, an official said Thursday.
Khan remains widely popular in Pakistan, and the government’s acknowledgment of his hospital visit has raised concerns about his treatment and medical condition.
Leaders and supporters of his party staged a sit-in outside
the prison where he's being held, demanding that his doctors and family members be allowed to meet him.
The former premier was examined by a team of doctors at Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison, where he's serving multiple prison sentences, before being taken to a government hospital on Saturday, where he underwent a 20-minute medical procedure with his consent. “He is in good health,” Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told media.