Pakistan's opposition parties have agreed to hold an all-parties conference within the next 10 days, following a meeting in Islamabad that also raised fresh concern about the health of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

The meeting was held on Wednesday, 4 November, at the Islamabad residence of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. It brought together opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Senate opposition leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and PTI leaders Asad Qaiser, Salman Akram Raja, Amir Dogar and Noorul Haq Qadri, according to Dawn.

The parties formed committees to settle their differences and organise the conference, including its agenda and date. It will be their first joint meeting since emergency rule was imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Khan's health raised at the meeting

PTI secretary general Salman Akram Raja told the meeting that Khan's blood pressure was not under control. PTI says the reading surged to 192 and has demanded his transfer to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for treatment by his personal doctors, citing a Supreme Court order of 18 August. Those are the party's claims: no independent medical report has been published, and the government has not published its own medical account.

PTI core committee appeals to chief justice

On Friday, 6 November, PTI's core committee voiced grave concern over Khan's health and urged the chief justice to ensure court orders about his treatment are implemented, calling his transfer to Shifa International Hospital for examination an urgent humanitarian issue.

Khan, 73, has been held in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi since his arrest in August 2023. The Islamabad High Court has fixed 10 November for the appeals of Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the £190 million case.