ISLAMABAD: As reports about PTI chief Imran Khan\u2019s ill health swirled on social and foreign media, both government and PTI figures dismissed such speculation on Thursday, saying the former prime minister \u2014 currently held in isolation \u2014 was doing well.<\/p>\n
The clarification came when PTI activists staged a sit-in outside Adiala jail after authorities did not allow Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to meet the incarcerated party leader for the eighth time since he assumed office. His sisters and legal team were not allowed to meet Imran, either.<\/p>\n
The lack of access to Mr Khan also gave rise to unconfirmed reports about his ill health and transfer to a high-security prison \u2014 which were picked up by a Japanese newspaper and the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u2018Where is Imran Khan?\u2019 also trended on X on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
In a statement shared by the PTI, Imran\u2019s son Kasim Khan also called on the international community and global human rights organisations to intervene and \u201cdemand proof of life, enforce court-ordered access, end this inhumane isolation\u201d faced by his father.<\/p>\n
Against this backdrop, Rana Sanaullah, who advises the PM on political affairs, told ARY News that Mr Khan was fine and his health was being taken care of. \u201cThere is a team of doctors that checks him on a weekly and daily basis [and looks after his] medicine, diet, facilities [and] exercises.\u201d He said Mr Khan was getting everything befitting his position and status, adding that the PTI chief was still present in Adiala jail.<\/p>\n
PTI leader Ali Zafar also dismissed reports about Imran Khan\u2019s health in a DawnNewsTV show. \u201cThank God, the news is baseless, but it is even more important after this report that the government immediately allow us the opportunity of a meeting so we can go and see ourselves,\u201d said the PTI leader, adding that once a meeting was held, they could come out and tell everyone that everything was fine. \u201cWe think it is very necessary that a meeting is facilitated with Imran; it\u2019s been a month,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were news reports about Imran Khan, news from India and Afghanistan, attempts were made to spread discord; these reports have been denied. The government cannot harm Imran Khan,\u201d said PTI Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram while talking to Dawn.<\/p>\n
Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry, in an appearance on Geo News, stated that jail officials had already provided information on Imran\u2019s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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