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Pakistan ex-PM Khan medically fit, taken back to prison, minister says

Authorities said doctors declared Imran Khan medically fit before he was sent back to Adiala Jail after hospital checks.

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back ​in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country's information minister said ‌on Friday, a move that had not been widely anticipated after the former premier was allowed to leave prison to have his health checked for the first time since February.

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At the end of 2025, Mr. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 17 years in prison for acts of corruption which they both contest, believing that the prosecution was politically motivated.

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was returned to Adiala Jail on Friday morning after a medical examination. Following a Supreme Court order, he was taken to Islamabad's Shifa International Hospital the previous night. A team of doctors declared him medically fit after examining him. He was returned to jail around 5 p.m.

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The Washington Post broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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