Pakistan's imprisoned former PM Imran Khan taken to private hospital

Imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken to a private hospital in the capital after midnight Thursday for medical treatment, his party said, hours after a senior Cabinet minister pledged to comply with a Supreme Court order on his care, Report informs via AP.

The minister also said the government could consider treatment abroad if adequate care was unavailable at a government facility.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, said in a brief statement that he was transferred from Adiala prison to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad following a Supreme Court order earlier this week. The party provided no further details.

It was unclear whether Khan would be returned to prison after the examination or allowed to remain at the hospital for medical treatment.

Khan's party and family have demanded that he be allowed to stay at the hospital.