Lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar Expresses Fear of Brain Hemorrhage and Heart Attack Due to Imran Khan Not Receiving Treatment

ISLAMABAD (Daily Qudrat): Barrister Salman Safdar, counsel for PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, has expressed the fear of brain hemorrhage and heart attack due to Imran Khan not receiving treatment. He made worrying revelations regarding the health of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi while speaking to the media outside the court.

He said that a request has been made to the court that Imran Khan and his wife be shifted to hospital and an independent medical board be formed for treatment.

Salman Safdar said that Imran Khan laid great emphasis on the fact that a major cause of his health deterioration is his concern regarding his wife’s health. His wife’s eye condition is continuously worsening and, due to her vision being affected, his mental stress and anxiety have also increased greatly.

He said that if his wife is provided proper treatment and medical facilities, his own condition could also improve. He said that until he gets this relief and his wife is provided the treatment she is entitled to, even medicines will not prove effective.

Barrister Salman Safdar said that Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are not being provided the treatment they are entitled to.

I have filed bail applications in the High Court and the Federal Constitutional Court, but both courts refused to hear the bail applications on medical grounds on merits. I have assured my clients that I will place your concerns and reservations before the division bench at the next hearing and, God willing, will certainly obtain appropriate orders from the court for your treatment and transfer.

The time given for the meeting was completely insufficient, because there were too many issues and matters while the time was extremely short. In this meeting, first of all Imran Khan Sahib told me about his health and conditions. Expressing concern regarding his blood pressure, he made clear three times that at various times his blood pressure reached 160, 170, 190 and 192.

He said that yesterday too his blood pressure was 192. He said that the doctors examining him are also concerned regarding his uncontrolled blood pressure. He expressed the fear that if his blood pressure is not controlled, it could result in serious medical complications related to the heart and brain. Therefore, controlling blood pressure is extremely necessary.

Imran Khan and Bushra Imran both clearly instructed me to take forward and pursue the appeal in the Al-Qadir Trust case. These instructions did not exist before, because previously his instructions were limited to bail only. Imran Khan’s instruction was that whether relief is obtained or not is a separate matter, but the cases should be pursued in the same manner in which these cases were previously challenged in the courts through arguments, their flaws were brought out and they were exposed.

Whether it is the Toshakhana case, the cipher case, the Iddat Nikah case or the bails in the 9 May cases, after which the prosecution could not reach its logical conclusion. All these cases should be presented before the bench on the next date with complete preparation and the court should be informed of all legal options so that these cases can be taken forward. Therefore, I received clear instructions from Imran Khan that the court should be assisted with complete preparation and a full effort should be made to obtain justice.

He particularly stressed that every possible legal relief be obtained for Bushra Bibi, even if a fresh application has to be filed for it. Because there is no prohibition in law that if a person is entitled to relief, he cannot file a bail application five or ten times.

He said that today we told the court that the meeting is insufficient — instructions cannot be taken in a half-hour meeting; there are too many cases and there is the issue of illnesses.

I have instructions from Imran Khan Sahib and also from Bushra Bibi regarding the next hearing. The court today has ensured a meeting for Latif Khosa Sahib and me; once again they will repeat their instructions. We are professional lawyers; whatever the client tells us is a trust. First of all, it is my duty to convey that to the court; whatever words are recorded in my affidavit have come from my clients.