Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, also called the most effective pacers to have ever performed the game, on Saturday, made a plea to the authorities, urging them to make sure one of the best medical look after Imran Khan, the previous Pakistan Prime Minister and the 1992 World Cup-winning captain. This request comes amidst the studies of Khan’s deteriorating well being. Earlier this week, the Pakistan Supreme Court docket reviewed a report submitted by Barrister Salman Safdar, appointed amicus curiae, following his go to to Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
The report acknowledged that Khan has retained solely 15 per cent imaginative and prescient in his proper eye and known as for a specialist ophthalmological evaluation. The court docket then directed the federal government, headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, to conduct a full medical examination by February 16.
The report has sparked backlash on social media with a number of followers internationally urging former Pakistan cricketers to talk up for Khan.
On Saturday, Akram wished Khan a speedy restoration and a full return to good well being. “It’s heartbreaking to listen to our skipper, Imran Khan, going via well being points. I sincerely hope the authorities take this severely and guarantee he receives the absolute best medical care. Wishing him energy, a speedy restoration, and a full return to good well being,” Akram wrote on X (previously Twitter).
The report, which was not too long ago submitted in Pakistan’s Supreme Court docket, additionally acknowledged that Khan had regular 6/6 imaginative and prescient in each eyes as not too long ago as October 2025 however skilled persistent blurred and hazy imaginative and prescient later, and it culminated in a sudden, near-total lack of sight in the correct eye. A blood clot inflicting extreme injury was then identified by an ophthalmologist at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). Regardless of the remedy, solely partial imaginative and prescient has been restored.
Trying on the situation of legendary Pakistan all-rounder, the court docket additionally instructed authorities to assist organize a phone contact between Khan and his sons, Qasim and Sulaiman, and to permit consultations along with his private docs. The federal government officers have but to difficulty detailed responses, however Geo Information and Daybreak report that the jail authorities keep that Khan has been supplied with medical care in accordance with jail guidelines.
Imran Khan was arrested in August 2023 and sentenced to a number of jail sentences.
Relationship between Akram and Khan
Akram’s worldwide profession flourished below the captaincy of Imran Khan. The latter has been credited with discovering Akram at a really younger age and fast-tracking him into the taking part in XI. The left-arm pacer was a key determine in Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup triumph.
Underneath Imran Khan, Akram developed right into a deadly strike bowler able to profitable matches single-handedly. Earlier previously, Akram had repeatedly praised Khan’s motivational management fashion and the way the latter all the time boasted of a fearless high quality, serving to the facet defeat all the chances and emerge victorious.
