Imran’s Eye Check-Up in Jail Faced Delay, Claims Naqvi
Published On 17 Feb, 2026
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, was the reason behind a delay in the eye examination of the former prime minister.
Naqvi, during a press conference, detailed the meeting between doctors who examined the PTI founder in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, and Imran’s medical team, as well as PTI leaders, following which the latter expressed satisfaction with the medical progress.
“...his [Imran's] doctors said, ‘excellent! Had we done the treatment, we would have done the same. Political leaders said, ‘we are satisfied, and we will tell our people about this’,” the security czar mentioned.
Naqvi said that he asked the medical team if they wanted to do further testing, to which they responded that all possible tests had been conducted.
“But all I can tell you is that Aleema Khan sahiba told her party that if we accept this, the issue will die down. Due to her, the medical check-up could not be conducted for three days,” he said.
On the one hand, they say that they are very close, and on the other, they all-out politicised this issue, the federal minister added.
The remarks come amid heightened political tension after a medical report submitted to the Supreme Court confirmed that the former prime minister was diagnosed with a serious eye condition — central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).
CRVO is generally associated with older age and underlying cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. The report stated that Imran, who has been in jail since August 2023, had complained of losing about 85% of the vision in his right eye.
Following the report, the PTI and members of Khan’s family raised an alarm over his health and demanded that he be shifted to a hospital for treatment.
It may be noted that the former ruling party, along with its allies in the opposition, is staging a sit-in outside parliament in Islamabad and at several other locations across the federal capital and the country, to protest Imran's medical condition.
The protest has been going on for five days, with PTI and its allies demanding leadership and personal physicians' access to Khan.
