The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the formation of a medical team to inspect ex-premier Imran Khan’s eye and also directed that he be allowed to speak to his children — both before February 16.
The instructions came as a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi and including Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan resumed hearing the case regarding the PTI founder’s living conditions in Adiala jail.
The court ordered that the eye inspection and the phone calls be conducted before February 16 (Monday).
However, the bench dismissed the request to have the condition of Imran’s eye — after he [underwent](https://medical procedure) a medical procedure on January 24 — examined in the presence of his family members.
“The issue of Imran’s health is most important,” CJP Afridi observed, adding that “intervention was necessary”.
“We want to know the government’s stance on the matter of his (Imran’s) health,” the top judge said, at which Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan affirmed that it was the state’s responsibility to provide medical facilities.
“If the prisoner is not satisfied, then the state will take measures,” AGP Awan added.
CJP Afridi then noted that the issue of Imran’s “telephone calls with his children is also important”.
“We are trusting the government. The government is in a good mood today,” he remarked.
On Wednesday, PTI counsel Advocate Salman Safdar, who was appointed amicus curiae and met Imran at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, submitted a seven-page report to SC regarding Imran’s living condition in the prison.
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