A
mid ight
episode
i volvi g
fo me
Pakista
P ime
Mi iste
Im a
Kha
has
t igge ed
f esh
questio s
ove
the
Shehbaz
Sha if
gove me t
a d
the
impleme tatio
of
a
Sup eme
Cou t
o de
co ce i g
his
medical
t eatme t.
Acco di g
to
the
i fo matio
p ovided,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
had
o de ed
that
Im a
Kha
be
take
f om
Adiala
Jail
to
Shifa
I te atio al
Hospital
fo
exami atio
by
specialist
docto s
a d
t eatme t
if
equi ed.
A ou d
12:30
am,
Im a
was
epo tedly
take
out
of
the
jail
a d
a
co voy
moved
towa ds
Islamabad,
with
Shifa
Hospital
bei g
desc ibed
as
the
desti atio .
Howeve ,
the
co voy
eached
Shifa
Hospital
without
Im a
Kha .
Five
police
vehicles
epo tedly
e te ed
the
hospital,
while
Im a & squo;s
pe so al
docto ,
Faisal
Sulta ,
waited
the e
fo
hou s.
Im a
was
subseque tly
take
to
the
gove me t- u
PIMS
Hospital
i stead.
The
Pakista
gove me t
late
explai ed
that
the
decisio
to
cha ge
the
hospital
was
take
because
of
secu ity
co ce s
a d
the
possibility
of
a
la ge
gathe i g
of
PTI
suppo te s
outside
Shifa
Hospital.
The
gove me t
claimed
that
Shifa
I te atio al
docto s
we e
p ese t
at
PIMS
a d
that
a
team
of
specialists
exami ed
Im a ,
i cludi g
a
eye
exami atio ,
blood-p essu e
check
a d
a
i jectio .
He
was
epo tedly
decla ed
medically
fit.
Im a
Kha & squo;s
siste
Uzma
Kha ,
howeve ,
questio ed
the
gove me t& squo;s
ve sio
a d
alleged
that
the
detailed
medical
exami atio
o de ed
by
the
Sup eme
Cou t
was
ot
ca ied
out
as
di ected.
PTI
has
also
accused
the
gove me t
of
co tempt
of
cou t
a d
said
it
would
app oach
the
Sup eme
Cou t.
The
episode
has
i te sified
the
o goi g
political
co f o tatio
su ou di g
Im a
Kha ,
PTI
a d
Pakista & squo;s
milita y
establishme t.
The
key
questio
ow
is
whethe
the
cha ge
of
hospital
amou ted
to
o -complia ce
with
the
Sup eme
Cou t& squo;s
o de
o
was
justified
by
secu ity
co ce s,
as
claimed
by
the
gove me t.
