Islamabad, Feb 13 — Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has lost 85 per cent of vision in his right eye, his lawyer told the Supreme Court, deepening concerns over the health of the 73-year-old opposition leader who has been in custody since August 2023.
Submitting a fact-finding report after a court-ordered meeting, Khan’s counsel Salman Safdar said the former premier has been left with “only 15 per cent vision” in his right eye. “He has been experiencing persistent blurred and hazy vision since October 2025,” the report quoted Khan as saying, adding that jail authorities failed to act on repeated complaints.
The submission followed a two-hour meeting between Safdar and Khan, permitted under Supreme Court directions. The court has fixed February 16 as the deadline for authorities to allow Khan access to his personal physician and submit a medical report on his condition.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has said Khan was taken to a hospital earlier this month for a brief eye procedure lasting about 20 minutes. Khan’s legal team, however, maintains that the treatment was delayed and insufficient given the extent of vision loss.
“We demand immediate and transparent implementation of the court’s order, unrestricted access to qualified specialists of his choice, and an end to tactics that risk his life under custody,” Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said in a statement.
Khan is serving a 14-year sentence in a corruption case, one of dozens filed against him. He says the cases were fabricated to keep him out of politics—an allegation the military denies.
PTI faced a sweeping crackdown after Khan’s arrest in May 2023 triggered nationwide protests against the military. In the 2024 general election, independent candidates backed by PTI won the largest block of directly elected seats—around 92 to 98, according to different tallies— after the party was barred from contesting under its own name and symbol. PTI has alleged that rigging prevented it from converting that showing into power and enabled a coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a charge denied by Sharif and his allies.