Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi called off his sit-in near Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Afridi had staged the protest after being denied permission to meet Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan.
The KP CM expressed concern over reports regarding Imran Khan’s health and demanded that family and personal physicians be allowed access.
He said party MNAs and MPAs had gathered to support the sit-in, emphasizing that they would not let the issue go unnoticed.
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Earlier, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed that Imran Khan was briefly taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for an eye procedure.
Tarar said eye specialists examined the former prime minister in jail and advised a short medical procedure, after which he returned to Adiala Jail.
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja filed a petition seeking access to Imran Khan and planned to submit a memorandum to the Supreme Court.
