ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties said on Friday they would approach the Supreme Court to demand implementation of its order on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s medical treatment, after the government took the jailed former prime minister to a state-run hospital overnight rather than the private facility the court had named.
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PTI warns it may quit parliament as Imran Khan’s sister reveals chaotic hospital transfer
ISLAMABAD: Uzma Khan, the sister of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, gave a detailed and at times bewildering account on Friday of the events surrounding her brother’s overnight hospital transfer, telling reporters in Islamabad that police repeatedly withheld information from her and that she was left waiting in darkened corridors before finally being reunited with him — an account that has fed a sharpening political row, with PTI’s chairman accusing the government of violating a Supreme Court order and warning the party could withdraw from parliament altogether.
Imran Khan returned to Adiala jail after government reroutes court-ordered hospital visit
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was returned to Adiala prison in the early hours of Friday after a night-time medical examination, following a chaotic sequence of events in which the government appeared to sidestep a Supreme Court order requiring his transfer to a private Islamabad hospital.
Imran Khan moved to hospital under armed guard as govt complies with court order
Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, was transferred from his cell in Adiala jail to a private hospital in Islamabad in the early hours of Friday, after days of legal wrangling in which the government resisted a supreme court order to move him.
Pakistan authorities prepare to move Imran Khan from prison to hospital under court deadline
Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, was poised to be moved from his prison cell to a private hospital in Islamabad, in what supporters cast as the first real breakthrough in a three-year standoff over his health and treatment behind bars.
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Five militants killed in intelligence-led raid in restive Balochistan province
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Six injured Pakistani sailors return home after Houthi missile attack in Red Sea
ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistani sailors wounded in a Houthi missile attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea earlier this month have arrived back in Pakistan, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Thursday, as the remains of two of their crewmates killed in the same assault were also brought home.
Opposition parties agree in principle to form ‘united front’ against coalition government
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