Imran Khan is left with solely 15% imaginative and prescient in proper eye, says lawyer

Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has informed a court-appointed lawyer that authorities at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail repeatedly ignored his complaints about deteriorating eyesight and that he’s now left with solely “15% imaginative and prescient” in his proper eye.

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Advocate Salman Safdar, appointed as amicus curiae by the Pakistani Supreme Court docket, visited Mr. Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail and filed an in depth report about his dwelling situations and well being on February 10.

Within the report, seen by The Hindu, Mr. Safdar wrote that he personally noticed that Mr. Khan, 73, “appeared visibly perturbed and deeply distressed by the lack of imaginative and prescient and the absence of well timed and specialised medical intervention”.

Flagging the “gravity” of Mr. Khan’s situation, Mr. Safdar wrote that it’s “crucial that the seriousness of the situation be independently ascertained directly”. He really useful that Mr. Khan, founding father of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) get together, “be examined on the earliest by a group of knowledgeable ophthalmologists”.

Following Mr. Safdar’s report, the Supreme Court docket on Thursday (February 12, 2026) ordered Pakistani authorities to arrange a medical board to look at Mr. Khan’s eye, and permit him to talk together with his youngsters, native media reported.

Mr. Khan, who was arrested in August 2023, was initially saved within the district jail in Attock, after which moved to Adiala in October the place he has remained in solitary confinement. In the course of the assembly with the lawyer, the cricketer-turned politician mentioned he skilled “speedy and substantial” lack of imaginative and prescient from October final yr, which he repeatedly reported to jail authorities. However his concern was “neither taken critically nor addressed”, Mr. Khan mentioned.

He added that he “subsequently suffered a sudden and full lack of imaginative and prescient in his proper eye”, following which an ophthalmologist from PIMS hospital, Islamabad, Dr. Muhammad Arif, was referred to as to look at him.

Based on a medical situation report ready by Dr. Rana Imran Sikandar of PIMS, which can be seen by The Hindu, Mr. Khan was recognized with “proper central retinal vein occlusion” (a clot that blocks the primary vein carrying blood away from the retina, a severe situation which causes sudden or gradual imaginative and prescient loss). Earlier this month, he was administered an “anti-VEGF intravitreal injection” (which injects remedy straight into the attention’s vitreous gel) in an operation theatre, said the report.

“Regardless of the therapy administered, together with an injection”, Mr. Khan informed the amicus curiae, he has been left with solely 15% imaginative and prescient in his proper eye. “All through the interview, his eyes had been watery, and he repeatedly used a tissue to wipe them, reflecting bodily discomfort,” wrote Mr. Safdar in his report.

Final week, jail authorities had mentioned that Mr. Khan was briefly taken from jail to a hospital in Islamabad for an eye fixed process, sparking considerations amongst his household and supporters. The PTI complained that they weren’t knowledgeable prematurely and alleged that the previous Prime Minister was being denied correct medical care. Then the Supreme Court docket appointed Mr. Safdar as a “pal of the courtroom” to go to Mr. Khan and file a report.

The PTI, Mr. Khan’s get together, welcomed the Supreme Court docket resolution to nominate a medical board to look at him. “The Supreme Court docket’s order for an entire eye check-up of Imran Khan vindicates the get together’s longstanding considerations about his deteriorating well being and denial of well timed, impartial medical care in custody,” the get together mentioned in an announcement.