Core Committee Meets After Media Reports
The PTI core committee met late on Thursday after media reports that jailed party founder Imran Khan’s blood pressure had recently surged to 192. The meeting was held late on Thursday, and it followed those media reports. The figure of 192 is presented here only as a figure in media reports that the party reacted to, not as a verified medical fact. The committee met because of those reports, and its discussion and decisions were a response to them. The founder is described as jailed, and the reports concerned his blood pressure, which was said in the media reports to have surged recently to the figure given above.
Concern Expressed and Chief Justice Urged
The committee expressed concern, urging Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi to ensure effective implementation of court orders regarding the former prime minister’s treatment. The concern was expressed by the committee, and the appeal was directed to the Chief Justice. The request was that court orders regarding the former prime minister’s treatment should be implemented effectively. The committee’s position is therefore that the orders exist, and that their effective implementation should be ensured by the Chief Justice. The former prime minister referred to is Imran Khan, the jailed party founder, and the treatment referred to is his medical treatment.
Briefing on Meeting With Lawyer
The committee was briefed about Khan’s recent meeting with his lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar, and termed the reports about the blood pressure spike “extremely alarming”. The briefing concerned the recent meeting between Khan and his lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, and the committee was told about that meeting. The committee’s description of the reports about the blood pressure spike was that they were extremely alarming, and that phrase is presented here as a quotation from the committee’s view. The committee therefore treated the media reports as a serious matter, and its reaction was one of alarm, based on the reports it had received and the briefing about the meeting with the lawyer.
Demands for Access, Tests and Hospital Transfer
The committee urged the government to give his personal physicians “immediate, unhindered and effective access”, demanded necessary medical examinations and diagnostic tests without delay, and that he be transferred to Shifa International Hospital for a complete medical evaluation and treatment. Those three demands are set out together: access for his personal physicians, examinations and tests without delay, and transfer to Shifa International Hospital. The access demanded is described as immediate, unhindered and effective, and the transfer is for a complete medical evaluation and treatment at the named hospital. The committee also expressed concern over jailed PTI Vice Chairperson Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s fall in Kot Lakhpat jail and its impact on his health, which is a separate concern raised at the same meeting about a second jailed party figure. The meeting therefore raised concerns about the health of two jailed party figures, and it directed its appeal on treatment to the Chief Justice, while urging the government on access for personal physicians, examinations and tests, and transfer to hospital.
Source: Dawn
