Pakistan Sends Jailed Ex-Prime Minister to Hospital — Then Disagrees With the Order

Pakistan's government moved former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 73, from jail to a private hospital on 20 August 2026 after the country's top court ordered it over blood-pressure concerns. Officials followed the order but filed a complaint arguing he should go to a public hospital instead. Khan, jailed since August 2023 on corruption charges he says are political, must stay hospitalised until his 16 September hearing.