According to sources within the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the medical test results of Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), show no evidence of alcohol or cocaine usage. These findings contradict recent allegations made by Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel.
The insider stated that Khan’s health indicators appeared normal based on the medical reports they had reviewed. Khan’s blood and urine samples were collected during his time in NAB custody, making these test results the property of the NAB.
The reports do not support the health minister’s accusations, made at a press conference a few days prior, stating that Khan’s medical tests during his arrest on a corruption charge indicated the presence of alcohol and cocaine.
Patel cited a report prepared by a panel of five doctors, revealing the supposed use of “toxic chemicals,” such as alcohol and cocaine. Additionally, he questioned Khan’s mental stability, promising to disclose the medical report to the public.
However, independent medical experts dismissed Patel’s allegations as unfounded, even ridiculing them. They highlighted the contradiction between Patel’s claim of mental instability and the report’s contrary assessment.
In response, Khan has issued a defamation notice to Health Minister Patel following his public statement that the former premier’s urine analysis contained “traces of alcohol and cocaine.”
Read: Imran Khan Serves Defamation Notice to Federal Health Minister over False Claims
The legal notice, issued under the Defamation Ordinance 2002, accused Patel of circulating false and defamatory information about Khan during his May 26 press conference. It charged Patel with dishonestly suggesting that Khan’s medical tests showed traces of alcohol and cocaine and that the former premier’s mental stability was questionable.
