Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

<p>Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later</p><p><br> Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a> was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.</p><p>Khan, 73, was transferred to the hospital in the early hours of Friday, but then moved back to Adiala prison in Rawalpindi after a ⁠few hours, a spokesperson for his party said on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/imran-khan-hospital-pakistan">Continue reading...</a>