Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Friday that the “detailed” medical reports of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan had been handed over to the family.
His post on the social media platform X came hours after the PTI again approached the Supreme Court (SC) seeking Imran’s medical report and visitation rights for his personal doctors and family members.
According to the report sent by Pims Executive Director Dr Rana Imran Sikander, the hospital was directed by the PMO to communicate and give an update about Imran’s medical condition.
“Mr Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (age 74 years) reported reduced vision in the right eye. A senior and qualified ophthalmologist from Pims, Islamabad, conducted a complete eye assessment at Adiala Jail, including slit lamp examination, fundoscopy, intraocular pressure measurements, essential laboratory tests and Optical coherence tomography of the retina,” he said in the report.
“Based on his assessment, a diagnosis of right central retinal vein occlusion was made, and hospital-based follow-up treatment was recommended,” he said. He further said that Imran was then brought to Pims for the procedure, where the treatment plan was explained to him.
“Accordingly, informed consent was obtained from the patient prior to the procedure,” the Pims executive director said.
He said that the procedure was carried out in the operating theatre under standard sterile protocols and monitoring. It was completed smoothly in approximately 20 minutes, he said.
“During the treatment, the patient remained vitally stable, and was discharged with routine post-procedure care instructions, follow-up advice and documents,” Dr Rana stated.
However, the sisters of Imran urged CJP Yahya Afridi on Friday to issue a contempt notice to jail authorities for allegedly failing to comply with his orders regarding the provision of their brother’s medical reports to his family. In a post on X, Aleema and Noreen Niazi claimed that when the Adiala jail superintendent appeared before the anti-terrorism court (ATC), only two brief notes were submitted instead of a detailed medical report.