Imran Khan is to be moved from solitary confinement to hospital following repeated appeals from his family over his health.Former Pakistan captain Khan, 73, was imprisoned in Rawalpindi three years ago this month and is serving two separate sentences of 17 and 14 years respectively.However, Kasim and Sulaiman Khan, sons of the cricketer-cum-politician, called his quarters a ‘death cell’, plagued by inhumane conditions.‘He’s been in a solitary confinement cell for over two years where he’s had filthy water, he is around inmates who are dying of hepatitis, the conditions are disgusting and also he is completely isolated from any human contact,’ Kasim Khan said last December.Adding that his father was being subjected to ‘psychological torture tactics’ as even the prison guards were not allowed to communicate with him.Khan, who led the country between 2018 and 2022, has allegedly spent up to 23 hours a day in isolation. Imran Khan has been moved out of solitary confinement three years after his imprisonment The Pakistan cricket icon and former Prime Minister has now moved been moved to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad His supporters have long protested his imprisonment and abject conditions of his ‘death cell’It was announced on Tuesday that he will be moved to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within 48 hours, and will remain there until at least 16 September.Zulfikar Bukhari, a spokesperson for Khan’s political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said: ‘It’s a very welcome order and we wish it had happened sooner so his eye and general health would not have deteriorated this much.‘He should remain in hospital until all doctors are satisfied.’In February, 14 cricket greats from around the world including ex-England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton launched a humanitarian appeal for better treatment for Khan in an open letter.In the interim, the courts have denied two requests to action a similar hospital transfer.His sons have continued to campaign for him, saying he was being kept in ‘completely substandard conditions that don’t meet international law for any sort of prisoner’.They said they were worried they would never see him again, having not done so since he was jailed due to a lack of visas.During his time as an international cricketer, Khan became one of the most successful all-rounders in history, featuring in 88 Test matches and concluding his career by leading Pakistan to World Cup glory in 1992.His supporters have taken to the streets to demand his release on multiple occasions since his arrest in May 2023.