Imran Khan: A group of 21 former international cricket captains has once again written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Their message is simple: let Imran Khan get the medical care that Pakistan’s Supreme Court already ordered.
The court had directed jail officials on August 18 to move Khan to Shifa Hospital. He was supposed to be checked by a medical board that included his own doctors and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan.
Instead, Khan was taken to PIMS hospital. Doctors from Shifa were present too, but the visit was brief. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said a team of specialists — including an eye doctor and a heart specialist — examined Khan and found him fit.
The cricket captains see it differently. In their letter, they said Khan was checked by government-appointed doctors, not the board the court had named. He was sent back to jail before that board could finish its work.
PTI, Khan’s party, wasn’t satisfied either. The party has now filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court, arguing that the hospital transfer order wasn’t properly followed.
The former captains made three clear requests. First, they want the original court-ordered medical board, including Khan’s personal doctors, to finish a full checkup. They’re especially concerned about his reported vision loss in one eye.
Second, they asked that weekly family visits continue without delays or interruptions. Third, whatever treatment the medical board recommends should be given right away, without further holdups.
The letter reminded the Prime Minister that Khan is 73 years old and has already spent more than three years behind bars. Regardless of the political debate around his case, the captains said completing a court-ordered medical process shouldn’t be controversial.
This isn’t the first time cricket’s biggest names have spoken up. Back in February, 14 former captains sent a similar letter after reports surfaced about Khan’s eye problems.
Big names on the latest list include Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Allan Border, Sunil Gavaskar, David Gower, Clive Lloyd, Arjuna Ranatunga, Steve Waugh, and John Wright.
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