Hospital visit

per Dawn, the Supreme Court had ordered the government to take former prime minister Imran Khan from jail to a trusted hospital for medical tests within 48 hours. Instead, officials delayed implementation, insisted on their own approach and only fulfilled the directive at the last moment, leaving the court’s requirement technically unmet. The standoff turned a routine hospital visit into a high‑stakes political showdown, prompting accusations that both the government and the judiciary were politicising the prisoner’s health. A public briefing by the former leader’s sister detailed his medical concerns, despite a court warning that such disclosures could cancel the relief granted to him. The clash has cast the court as irrelevant and left the ruling party looking weak amid looming legislative moves. The episode ends with a window for the government to restore goodwill by allowing the prisoner the medical access the court required.

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