PAKISTAN POLITICAL STORM: PTI Alleges Govt Defied Supreme Court Order Over Former PM’s Medical Care

A
f esh
co t ove sy
has
e upted
i
Pakista
ove
the
medical
t eatme t
of
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
Im a
Kha ,
with
his
pa ty
allegi g
that
the
Shehbaz
Sha if
gove me t
violated
a
Sup eme
Cou t
di ectio
ega di g
his
hospitalisatio
a d
medical
exami atio .
Acco di g
to
the
allegatio s,
Pakista & squo;s
Sup eme
Cou t
had
di ected
that
Im a
Kha
u de go
a
medical
check-up
at
Shifa
I te atio al
Hospital,
a
p ivate
facility,
a d
allowed
him
to
emai
hospitalised
u til
Septembe
16.
Howeve ,
the
gove me t
allegedly
took
him
to
the
Pakista
I stitute
of
Medical
Scie ces
(PIMS)
i stead,
whe e
he
was
epo tedly
decla ed
medically
fit
a d
subseque tly
se t
back
to
Adiala
Jail.
The
epo t
claims
that
Im a
was
suffe i g
f om
fluctuati g
blood
p essu e,
a
i egula
hea tbeat,
a xiety
a d
a
se ious
eye
co ditio
k ow
as
Ce t al
Reti al
Vei
Occlusio .
His
siste
alleged
that
o ly
his
eyes
a d
blood
p essu e
we e
exami ed
at
PIMS
a d
that
o
comp ehe sive
tests
we e
co ducted
du i g
his
app oximately
fou -hou
stay.
Mea while,
a
docto
f om
Shifa
Hospital
was
epo tedly
kept
waiti g
fo
hou s
befo e
bei g
i fo med
that
Im a
had
al eady
bee
etu ed
to
p iso .
The
Pakista
gove me t
has
ejected
the
allegatio s.
Mi iste
of
State
fo
I fo matio
a d
B oadcasti g
Attaullah
Ta a
epo tedly
said
that
Im a
eceived
a
complete
medical
exami atio
at
PIMS
by
physicia s,
a
ca diologist
a d
a
eye
specialist,
a d
was
decla ed
fit.
He
also
claimed
that
docto s
f om
Shifa
Hospital
we e
p ese t
du i g
the
exami atio .
Ta a
cited
secu ity
co ce s
a d
the
p ese ce
of
PTI
suppo te s
as
the
easo
fo
ot
taki g
Im a
to
Shifa
Hospital.
PTI,
howeve ,
has
accused
the
gove me t
of
misleadi g
the
cou t
a d
vowed
to
challe ge
the
matte
th ough
legal
a d
political
cha els.

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