Imran Khan vitally stable, discharged after eye procedure: PIMS executive director

ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is vitally stable and was discharged after a follow-up procedure for his eye at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), a statement issued by the hospital early on Tuesday said. 

In an earlier visit, PIMS Executive Director (ED) Professor Dr Rana Imran Sikander had said the PTI chairman had “reduced vision in the right eye” after a complete eye assessment was done in Adiala Jail. Subsequently, Khan was brought to PIMS early on Tuesday morning for his “follow-up eye-treatment, i.e., second dose of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection on 24 February, 2026.”

Prior to the procedure, Khan was examined by a board of specialists who performed Echocardiography and an ECG [electrocardiogram]. The result for the tests returned as “Normal.” A consultant physician also said that Khan’s condition was “clinically stable.”

“After obtaining informed consent, and under standard monitoring, precautionary measures and protocols in the operation theatre, he was injected with (a) second dose of intravitreal injection of Anti-VEGF under (the) guidance of (a) microscopy by Consultant Ophthalmologist, and Consultant Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon of PIMS and Al Shifa Eye Hospital,” the statement said. 

“The procedure was performed as a day care surgery,” it added. 

The statement, issued by the ED Sikander, during the course of his stay, he remained “vitally stable before, during, and after the procedure, and was discharged along with instructions for care, follow-up advice, and the documents.”