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A spokesperson for Khan&#8217;s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed that the former prime minister had been taken back to Adiala prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023. He says the cases against him are politically motivated, an accusation the government denies.<br \/>His lawyers say his health has deteriorated in prison and that he has lost significant vision in his right eye. The government has said medical reports disclosed no condition requiring immediate treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been moved back to prison after spending a few hours overnight at a hospital, a spokesman for his party said on Friday.Khan, 73, was transferred to a hospital in Islamabad early on Friday for medical examination, following a Supreme Court order this week. 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