Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan visited the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) on Thursday to enquire about the health of party leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who remains in the hospital for treatment.
Qureshi’s son, MNA Zain Qureshi, accompanied Gohar.
Qureshi was moved from Kot Lakhpat jail to the PIC for medical examinations after becoming dizzy and collapsing while walking inside his barracks, according to party sources. He was injured in his knee and arm. Jail authorities collected blood samples and sent them to Shaukat Khanum Hospital for testing; no results have been provided yet.
Qureshi’s lawyer, Rana Mudassar Umar, said his client had fainted and fallen a few days earlier. Qureshi was kept under observation at the PIC before doctors decided to admit him for further examination and treatment.
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Umar said an application had been submitted to the anti-terrorism court, but court holidays had delayed the matter.
Earlier, Zain called on prison authorities to arrange a CT scan to assess his father’s condition and take him to a dentist for treatment of a cracked tooth.
The PTI core committee had also expressed concern about Qureshi’s fall during a meeting held last week. It called on the courts, government and prison administration to ensure his transfer to hospital, a full medical examination and any necessary treatment.
Qureshi was taken to the PIC in May 2025 after complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath. He underwent a procedure to remove his gallbladder at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute in December 2025.
Qureshi has been in custody since August 2023 and has been indicted in several cases related to the May 9, 2023 riots. In July 2024, a Lahore anti-terrorism court indicted him in a case registered by Shadman police over an alleged attack on and burning of a police station. His daughter, Meher Bano, said last week that she had learnt of his fall from relatives who met him in jail. She has called for his release and alleged he is being held on false charges.
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Meanwhile, Imran Khan’s sisters Noreen Niazi and Uzma Khan were released from Kot Lakhpat jail today, where they had been held since September 21 under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. Imran was also taken from Adiala jail to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences overnight on November 10 and 11 for eye treatment, and met his lawyers at the jail on Wednesday.
During the lawyers’ meeting, senior counsel Sardar Latif Khosa said the proposed 28th Constitutional Amendment had been discussed, but did not disclose Imran’s position on it.
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