Healing Khan |
Top eye specialists need to head to Adyala. They need to do so without a second's delay. That's the bottom line. Simple.
The opposition is up in arms ever since Advocate Salman Safdar's report came into public view. Appointed by the Supreme Court to visit Imran Khan in jail and report on his condition, the lawyer submitted a detailed document after spending time with the incarcerated leader.
The most shocking and disturbing revelation in the report is the deteriorating condition of Khan's eye. Khan is quoted in the report as saying he has been suffering blurry vision since October last year, and despite repeated requests for an eye check-up, it was only in January this year that he was taken to PIMS hospital. Khan tells Salman Safdar he has only 15 per cent vision left in one eye.
Since this news broke, government spokespersons have been mumbling silly justifications for the delay in his treatment while the opposition is crying hoarse inside and outside the parliament. The situation is grim. Things need to move fast.
There are a million questions that should be asked of the authorities. Asked, they must. But for now, the most important and urgent task is to provide Khan the medical treatment he requires. It is inexplicable why the government is dragging its........