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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan returned to prison after overnight hospital visit

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been returned to prison after spending several hours overnight at a hospital for medical examinations ordered by the country's Supreme Court, his party said on Friday.

Khan, 73, was transferred from Adiala prison in Rawalpindi to the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad early on Friday, before being taken back to the jail, a spokesperson for his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said, reported Reuters.

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