Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has lost 85% of sight in his right eye, his lawyer told the Supreme Court, an ordeal that adds to legal and political challenges he is already battling. "He has been left with only 15% vision in his right eye," Khan's lawyer Salman Safdar said in Thursday's report seen by Reuters, quoting the former cricket star turned politician. The fact-finding report cited Khan as saying he had been complaining about "experiencing persistent blurred and hazy vision" since October 2025, but that jail authorities took no action. Khan was taken to hospital for a 20-minute eye treatment procedure, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said earlier this month. Accordingly, it said, Khan was taken to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad where doctors carried out the 20-minute procedure in an operation theatre with his consent.

Source: Mint February 13, 2026 14:32 UTC