A bold cry for fairness echoes from Pakistan’s prisons as PTI heavyweights beseech Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to safeguard Imran Khan’s health rights. Detailed in a letter via Geo News, the incarcerated leaders expose what they call systematic sabotage of the ex-PM’s treatment.
Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Umar Sarfraz Cheema, and Mahmood-ur-Rashid, relaying through Shah Mahmood Qureshi, flag denials of private doctors, family, and attorneys—grievances mounting since Khan’s 2023 detention.
Just post his PIMS eye injection for CRVO, where vision loss hits 85% per Supreme Court records, the timing underscores peril.
Sharply, they parallel Nawaz Sharif’s privileged 2019 handling: full medical board inclusion for his physician, open access, and England flight for cardiac issues amid low platelets.
The missive blasts current rulers for ‘enigmatic’ denial-then-admit strategy on Khan’s condition, imputing deliberate impediments to cling to power sans popular backing.
They beseech the CJ to mandate proper access protocols. This prison-originated push tests Pakistan’s judicial backbone, amid whispers of political vendetta. With Khan’s health in balance, a CJ nod could restore equity or stoke partisan fires, defining future accountability in the nation’s turbulent governance.