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Gower, Waugh and Gavaskar among cricket legends calling for Imran Khan to receive proper medical care
Fourteen former international cricket captains, including Greg Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar, urge Pakistan to provide Imran Khan immediate medical care and dignified prison treatment amid vision loss.
- Former Australian cricket captains Allan Border and Steve Waugh joined a host of cricketing figures urging Pakistan to treat imprisoned Imran Khan with dignity and provide medical care.
- The letter expressed concern over Khan's deteriorating vision and imprisonment conditions over the past two and a half years, asking for adequate medical attention, humane detention, and due legal process.
- Khan, 73, led Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup victory and later served as prime minister from 2018 to 2022 before being jailed in 2023 on graft charges.
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Cricket grandees Gavaskar and Kapil join appeal for Imran Khan
Indian cricket greats Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev joined a dozen other former international captains on Tuesday in demanding better prison treatment for "one of the finest all-rounders" of the game, Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister. Cricketer-turned-politician Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 2023, convicted in a string of cases that he says were politically driven following his ouster in a 2022 parliamentary vote. Khan's law…
Former cricket captains urge Pakistan to ensure better medical care fo
ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than a dozen former international cricket captains have urged Pakistan’s government to ensure better treatment in prison and medical care for former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, citing concerns about his eyesight , as his party demanded Wednesday he be shifted to hospital from prison. In a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, 14 former captains, including India’s Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, called for Khan …
‘Treat him with dignity’: Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev among cricket legends on Imran Khan’s health
Fourteen former cricket captains on Tuesday expressed concerns about the reported treatment and incarceration conditions of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.The signatories include India’s Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, Australia’s Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark and Kim Hughes. The others in the group are English cricketers Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, Michael Brearley and David Gower, New Zea…
"Terrible What They Are Doing To Him": Sunil Gavaskar Slams Pakistan Government For Mistreating Imran Khan
Imran Khan, Pakistan's World Cup-winning captain and the country's former Prime Minister, found support from the cricket fraternity after a report claimed he has suffered a devastating loss of eyesight, severe health deterioration, and prolonged solitary confinement inside Adiala Jail. A detailed report prepared by the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae (friend of the court), Salman Safdar, accessed by NDTV, reveals that Imran Khan has lost ne
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