ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf () Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said party founder

“ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf () Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said party founder Imran Khan had made no deal with the government, arguing that he would not have spent three years in ja…”
IISLAMABAD —Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf () Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said party founder Imran Khan had made no deal with the government, arguing that he would not have spent three years in jail if he had wanted to negotiate a deal.
Speaking outside the Supreme Court alongside senior lawyer Latif Khosa, Gohar said the party's immediate focus was on Imran's health and securing implementation of the Supreme Court's August 18 order directing his transfer to Shifa International Hospital. “Khan sahab does not make deals.
Following the order, speculation emerged that Imran may have reached an understanding with the authorities over his possible release from prison.
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Read More:Imran taken to PIMS instead of Shifa, declared medically fit and returned to Adiala: Tarar. On August 21, Imran was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a medical examination in the early hours of morning and returned to Adiala jail after doctors declared him "medically fit".
This is our basic right,” he added. seeks medical board changes. Gohar said the party wanted Imran's sister, Dr Uzma, and his personal physician, Dr Faisal Sultan, to be included in his medical board and called for all of his medical tests to be conducted.
He said was not currently focused on politics but on Imran's health, adding that meetings with the former prime minister had been stopped for around 10 months.
We are asking the Supreme Court to have its order implemented,” he added. Responding to a question about Dr Uzma's statement that Imran was fit, Gohar said appearing physically well was different from receiving the medical care recommended by doctors. He said Imran's doctor had submitted a report after examining him in jail and had recommended certain tests and other measures.
“We said cases have previously been heard through video link,” Khosa said. Gohar also said Imran had not expressed displeasure with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi or the leadership.
Asked whether he had met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi before the Supreme Court order concerning Imran, Gohar said, “I have met him from time to time,” but added that he could not disclose details of the meetings.
He concluded by saying that hoped the Supreme Court would fix the contempt petition for an early hearing and ensure implementation of its order. Imran's hospital transfer. The Supreme Court on August 18 ordered Imran's transfer to Shifa for treatment for several days, along with weekly meetings with his family and access to his personal physician, Dr Faisal.
The court also ordered the formation of a medical board, including an eye specialist, cardiologist, general physician and Dr Sultan, with Imran's sister Dr Uzma to be associated with it.
The government had challenged the order, describing the private-hospital transfer as discriminatory, but the review petition could not be heard before the 48-hour period set by the court expired. After midnight on August 21, Imran was taken from Adiala Jail amid heavy security.
“Go and tell everyone that they are subjecting me to severe injustice and torture,” she quoted him as saying. She also said Imran compared his treatment to that of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in custody.
Read More: files contempt petition in SC over alleged violation of order on Imran's hospital transfer. The accused the government of deliberately violating the Supreme Court's order and announced that it would approach the court with a contempt petition.
“If Imran Khan had remained in a hospital bed instead of a prison cell for a week and doctors had properly examined him, what would have happened?”The opposition subsequently decided to approach the Supreme Court over the issue and reaffirmed plans for a long march on September 27.
The government, meanwhile, maintained that Imran had received the necessary medical care and that security concerns had made PIMS the more appropriate venue. The episode has now set up another confrontation before the Supreme Court, with the seeking a ruling on whether taking Imran to PIMS instead of Shifa amounted to a failure to implement the court's order.
Written by Iqra Aziz
Aman-e-Pakistan Senior Journalist & Bureau Reporter
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