Ex-cricket captains urge 'proper medical care' for Imran Khan

Imran Khan, shown here in 2022, has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges which he denies A group of former cricket captains, including Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and one of England's longest-serving skippers Sir Alastair Cook, have called on Pakistan to ensure its ex-PM Imran Khan be given proper care while in custody.

The cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges which he denies. In a letter to Pakistan's current leader Shehbaz Sharif, the 21 former skippers aired concern that Khan, 73, was allowed "only a few hours" at a medical facility last week where he was examined Khan's party has also filed a contempt petition against the government for not giving him access to his own doctors, as ordered The former cricket captains laid out three demands in their letter, the first of which is that Khan be assessed They also urged authorities to allow weekly visits Finally, they requested that any treatment recommended "Imran Khan is 73 years old and has now spent more than three years in custody," read the letter initiated "Whatever the legal and political arguments surrounding his case, the basic decency of ensuring a court-ordered medical process is actually completed is not, in our view, a controversial request." Fourteen of the former skippers had also supported an earlier appeal for "humane treatment and proper medical care" for Khan which was submitted in February.

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Khan's lawyer asserted at the time that his client had 15% vision left in his right eye after prison authorities failed to take action. Khan, who previously captained the Pakistan national cricket team, served as Pakistan's prime minister from 2018 to 2022.

He was imprisoned in August 2023 and has faced charges in more than 100 cases, ranging from leaking state secrets to selling state gifts, all of which he and his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf say are politically motivated.

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His jailing sparked large-scale protests Pakistan's Supreme Court had on Tuesday directed the government to transfer Khan to a private medical facility to be examined He was instead seen

Imran Khan, shown here in 2022, has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges which he denies A group of former cricket captains, including Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and one of England's longest-serving skippers Sir Alastair Cook, have called on Pakistan to ensure its ex-PM Imran Khan be given proper care while in custody.

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The cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges which he denies.

In a letter to Pakistan's current leader Shehbaz Sharif, the 21 former skippers aired concern that Khan, 73, was allowed "only a few hours" at a medical facility last week where he was examined Khan's party has also filed a contempt petition against the government for not giving him access to his own doctors, as ordered The former cricket captains laid out three demands in their letter, the first of which is that Khan be assessed They also urged authorities to allow weekly visits Finally, they requested that any treatment recommended "Imran Khan is 73 years old and has now spent more than three years in custody," read the letter initiated "Whatever the legal and political arguments surrounding his case, the basic decency of ensuring a court-ordered medical process is actually completed is not, in our view, a controversial request." Fourteen of the former skippers had also supported an earlier appeal for "humane treatment and proper medical care" for Khan which was submitted in February.