Supreme Court Seeks Imran Khan’s Complete Medical Record in Prison Meeting Case
ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Justice Shahid Waheed, heard petitions concerning PTI founder Imran Khan’s meetings, prison conditions and a request for a comprehensive medical examination at a private hospital.
During the hearing, Uzair Bhandari, counsel for Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khan, assured the court that if she and Dr Faisal Sultan were allowed to meet Imran Khan, they would not make any political statements after coming out of the meeting.
The courtroom was reportedly packed with PTI parliamentarians, central leaders and workers. Bhandari argued that no one had accurate information about Imran Khan’s actual health condition and that access to meet him was being restricted.
He said a medical report submitted a day earlier indicated that Imran Khan was suffering from severe anxiety and other health issues. The lawyer also said that people had now started demanding proof that the PTI founder was alive.
Referring to the events of 1979, Bhandari said their consequences were still being faced by the nation and requested that Uzma Khan and Dr Asim Yousuf be allowed to meet Imran Khan and that he be given a detailed medical examination at Shifa International Hospital.
Justice Naeem Afghan, a member of the bench, said that one point should be settled in advance: “There should be no politics over the PTI founder’s health.”
Justice Shahid Waheed asked the lawyer what guarantee there was that the visitors would not speak to the media after meeting Imran Khan. Bhandari replied that he was formally giving the court a guarantee on the instructions of his client, Uzma Khan.
The Supreme Court subsequently sought Imran Khan’s complete medical record. Justice Shahid Waheed observed that only a summary of the medical report had been submitted and directed that the complete record be presented before the court. He added that once the record was submitted to the court, it would no longer remain completely confidential.
The bench also expressed strong displeasure over a statement by the Advocate General Islamabad that meetings would not be allowed if anyone violated the law.
Justice Shahid Waheed questioned the position, asking whether the state would also violate the law if someone else was doing so. He observed that a sister meeting her brother was not a favour but a fundamental and legal right, and said it was not the state’s role to violate the law itself.
