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Aug 28, 2026
Cricket Greats Appeal to PM Shehbaz for Imran's Medical Treatment in Line with SC DirectivesIslamabad: Twenty-two international cricketers, including 21 ex-captains, have written a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, making an appeal for ex-Pakistani premier Imran Khan’s medical treatment in line with recent Supreme Court directives, ESPN Cricinfo reported on Sunday.
The letter written by the 22 ex-cricketers and cited by ESPN Cricinfo stated: “Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered that Imran Khan be transferred to hospital for examination by a medical board that was to include his own personal physicians and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan.
“The court also reinstated weekly family visits. These were very welcome steps.”
However, the former cricketers noted, Imran’s hospital stay lasted only a few hours.
“He was examined by a state-appointed team rather than the board the court had directed, declared ‘medically fit’, and returned to Adiala Jail before that board could complete its work,” the letter claimed, according to ESPN Cricinfo.
The former cricketers called for:
- Permitting the medical board directed by the Supreme Court — including Imran’s own doctors — to complete a full and independent assessment of his health, particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye.
- Honoring the weekly family visits reinstated by the court without interruption or administrative delay
- Providing the recommended treatment to Imran without delay following the outcome of his medical assessment
The letter’s signatories included Michael Atherton, Alex Blackwell, Allan Border, Michael Brearley, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Alastair Cook, Michael Gatting, Sunil Gavaskar, Lee Germon, Adam Gilchrist, David Gower, Kim Hughes, Nasser Hussain, Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Arjuna Ranatunga, Andrew Strauss, Dilip Vengsarkar, Steve Waugh and John Wright.
In their appeal, they said they were writing “not as politicians, but as former colleagues and rivals who share a bond forged on the cricket field” and that they did not seek to adjudicate Pakistan’s domestic legal processes.
Several of these former cricketers had called on the authorities in February as well, expressing “deep concern” about Imran’s treatment and prison conditions. - Dawn
Courtesy Dawn
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