Cricket greats appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imran's treatment in line with Supreme Court directives

Twenty-two international cricket stars, including twenty-one former captains, have written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the medical care of former Pakistani premier Imran Khan. As ESPN Cricinfo tells it, the athletes are calling for the government to follow Supreme Court directives to allow an independent medical board to assess Khan's health, specifically citing a reported loss of vision in his right eye. The group, which includes legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Steve Waugh, is also urging the government to honor reinstated weekly family visits. Khan has been imprisoned since August twenty twenty-three and maintains that the cases against him are politically motivated.

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