Pakistan Defies Supreme Court, Sends Jailed Khan to State Hospital Instead of Court-Ordered Private Facility

Pakistan's government defied a Supreme Court order to move jailed former PM Imran Khan, 73, to private Shifa International Hospital. Officials took him to state-run PIMS on August 21 instead, declared him fit, and returned him to jail within hours without his personal physician. The information minister cited security risks at Shifa. PTI filed a contempt petition against the prime minister and two ministers.