ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, on Wednesday urged Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi to intervene over the medical treatment of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, saying widespread public anger was mounting over his condition.
In a pointed video message in pashto addressed directly to the chief justice, Afridi said he was speaking not for himself but for the country’s 250 million people, claiming that “90 per cent” were expressing concern, grief and anger over Khan’s health.
Khan, who remains in custody, has a constitutional and fundamental human right to receive medical treatment of his choosing, the chief minister said, adding that those rights were not being fully observed.
He said Khan’s sisters had been visiting regularly and had requested that medical treatment be carried out in their presence, but that this had not been allowed.
In an unusually personal appeal, Afridi invoked their shared Afridi Pashtun tribal heritage and roots in the same province, saying tribal tradition dictated that a visitor should not be turned away empty-handed.
“I have come to your door with the hope that you will grant us and Imran Khan justice,” he said.
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