Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khan, left, speaks as Khan’s personal physician Faisal Sultan watches during a press conference in Islamabad, on Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo)

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said a team comprising an ophthalmologist, cardiologist and physician conducted a detailed examination and declared Khan medically fit. He was transferred back to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi at 5 am.

Brief hospital visit after Supreme Court order

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday directed authorities to transfer Khan to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within two days and allow him access to a medical panel that included his personal physician.

Khan, however, was examined at PIMS instead. Tarar said the hospital was changed because of a “security situation created by PTI workers” along the planned route.

The government had challenged the Supreme Court order, but its review petition was returned by the court registrar over incomplete paperwork, according to Pakistani reporting.

PTI alleges violation of court order

Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said the change of hospital and the failure to provide access to his personal physician violated the Supreme Court’s order. The party said it would file a contempt petition.

“This is contempt of the judges. This is contempt of the Supreme Court,” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi told reporters.

What has Khan’s legal team said about his health?

Khan’s lawyers have said his health has deteriorated in prison and that he has lost significant vision in his right eye. The government has said medical reports showed no condition requiring immediate treatment.

Khan has been in prison since August 2023. He says the cases against him are politically motivated, an allegation the government denies.