A three-judge bench heard appeals by PTI’s Salman Akram Raja and the jailed former prime minister’s sister, Dr Uzma Khan, seeking enforcement of jail-meeting rights and a hospital transfer — after the Islamabad High Court had rejected both, and as a separate IHC order granted lawyer access in the £190m case.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, with Justices Musarrat Hilali and Shahid Bilal Hassan, took up petitions on Thursday concerning incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s access to his lawyers, family members and personal physicians at Adiala jail, according to Dawn and The Express Tribune.
One petition was filed by PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, who challenged an October 23, 2025 Islamabad High Court decision that dismissed his contempt petition seeking enforcement of court directions on meetings between Khan and his lawyers at the jail, Dawn reported.
The second was an appeal by Dr Uzma Khan, the former premier’s sister, seeking to shift him to Shifa International Hospital and to allow access to his personal physicians, family members and counsel, along with the provision of medical information to relatives, per Dawn. Dr Uzma, who says she is Khan’s closest relative in the country and, as a medical doctor, is concerned about his well-being, alleges that prison authorities have denied access to his chosen physicians and family members, the same report said — claims set out in her petition.
Both requests had previously been turned down by the IHC, which dismissed Raja’s contempt petition and declined Dr Uzma’s applications for a hospital transfer and expanded access, according to Dawn. The Supreme Court bench had not announced final orders on the petitions as the hearing proceeded, with both Dawn and The Express Tribune reporting the matters as taken up rather than decided.
Separately on Thursday, the Islamabad High Court ordered authorities to provide lawyers access to Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, within seven days in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case, Pakistan Today reported.
The proceedings extend a long-running dispute over the conditions of Khan’s detention. The former cricketer, ousted as prime minister in 2022 and held at Adiala jail, has been at the centre of repeated rows over access and medical care; PTI maintains he has been denied adequate access to lawyers, family and doctors, while the government has rejected such characterisations. Those competing positions now sit before the country’s top court, which is weighing whether the high court was right to refuse the petitioners’ requests.
