# Pakistan government to challenge ex-PM Khan hospital transfer

https://mins.news/en/item/25878

- DW, 2026-08-19 08:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-government-to-challenge-ex-pm-khan-hospital-move/a-78421894?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Pakistan’s government says it will challenge the Supreme Court’s order to move jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Adiala prison in Rawalpindi to a private hospital in Islamabad. The law minister argues that, under the law, a convicted prisoner should receive treatment in prison or at a public hospital.

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