ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Tuesday, confirmed in the Upper House of the Parliament that former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to a government hospital the night before, claiming the examination was done with his consent and that his health condition was “much better than before.”
“There is nothing to worry about,” said Law Minister Azam Tarar at the Senate session.
Khan, he said, was brought to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in the federal capital at 11:30 pm (Monday) night where he was examined by four doctors, who, Tarar said, were chosen for examination in consultation with Khan’s personal physician.
“All this was done with his (Khan’s) consent—even though the Constitution does not allow a prisoner to undergo medical check-up as per their wish,” the minister said, after the opposition raised concerns over the ex-PM’s health condition.
“His health is much better than before,” Tarar said, adding that a heart specialist was also part of the examination team.
The decision to take Khan to hospital at night was taken keeping in view his security, Tarar said.
Late night, a medical board re-examined Khan, he said. “Again — he was found to be in better health condition,” according to the lawmaker.
An official press release was issued Monday night regarding Khan’s health condition “to avoid any kind of sensationalism,” the law minister said.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said, former PM Khan’s personal physicians were not included in the team of doctors that examined him Monday night.
“Imran Khan’s health condition is a very serious issue for us—it needs to be known why his health problems have not been taken care of, yet,” he said on the floor of the House.
“The courts are also not hearing us,” Abbas said.
The opposition leader also expressed concern over the stoppage of livestreaming of the Senate proceedings.
“This is highly unfortunate—the livestreaming of Senate sessions has been stopped for a while—this happened in the past too when the livestreaming of the Senate proceedings would suddenly get disrupted in the middle of the session—now livestreaming stands blocked continuously,” Abbas said.
He urged Quratulain Marri, the Presiding Officer of the Senate session, to issue a ruling to resume livestreaming. She sought the treasury’s response in this regard.
The law minister responded that only the chairman Senate could issue a ruling in this regard. He said allowing the livestreaming of its proceedings is the prerogative of the Senate, and the government has nothing to do with the matter.
Meanwhile, the Senate passed a unanimous resolution condemning the Israeli PM’s recent statement regarding Israel’s intention to forge a regional alliance comprising India and other countries against Muslim nations.
The resolution, moved by Palwasha Khan from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), took strong exception to the “vile proclivity of Israeli leadership towards diminishing the unity and integrity of the Muslim Ummah on political and ideological grounds.”
The House rejected “any attempt by the Israeli occupying power to change the legal or historical status of the occupied Palestinian territory, including the status of the holy sites.”
In the question hour, Information Technology Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja informed the House that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked more than a million Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) containing “immoral and indecent content.” She said the PTA also blocked 5,175 websites containing material related to child sexual abuse.
The Senate has been adjourned till Friday (Feb 27).
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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