Health worries: Pakistan ex-PM Imran’s party demands meeting

The party of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan demanded a meeting with him yesterday, saying it was worried about his health as he has been barred from seeing his family and lawyers for over three weeks.

Khan has been in jail since August 2023, serving a 14-year sentence on corruption charges, one of dozens of cases he says were made up to keep him out of politics by the army, a charge the military denies.

Zulfikar Bukhari, spokesperson of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said no one has seen Khan since November 4, and no reason had been given for not having a meeting. Khan is being denied visits and medical support despite his status of a former prime minister.

"His health is our concern. We are worried about his illegal isolation," Bukhari told Reuters, demanding the government give Khan's family immediate access to him.