Aleema Khan, the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, has dismissed claims about her jailed brother’s health at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.

 

“A report on social media has suggested that Imran Khan is suffering from tinnitus. He [Khan] has for the past one and a half year been saying that he is hearing whistling sounds, and a medical checkup by our doctors has already taken place,” she said while speaking to media outside an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore.

 

Commenting on Khan’s medical report, she questioned the timing of media reports. “Where did this report come from? Who uploaded the report to social media?” she asked.

 

“Imran Khan is completely healthy and he stands undeterred,” she said.

 

Earlier this week, journalist and YouTuber Matiullah Jan claimed that Khan had fallen sick in jail and was suffering from a hearing condition.

 

Citing Imran Khan’s medical records, senior journalist Jan, in his vlog on YouTube, claimed that on August 12, an ENT panel had recommended “supportive management” for Khan in jail, underscoring the seriousness of the condition.

 

While the journalist didn’t name the condition, it merits a mention that Khan was in February this year reportedly diagnosed with tinnitus – a hearing problem in which the patient feels ringing, buzzing or roaring in the ear despite the absence of any external sound.