Lahore: Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should be shifted to a hospital from prison after he developed cardiac complications, a media report quoted a special medical board constituted to monitor his health as recommending. Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. The suggestion to shift Sharif to a hospital was made to the provincial home ministry in a report. According to Express News, the former premier has developed cardiac complications. On January 25, the Punjab provincial government formed the medical board to examine the health of Sharif.
The medical board, comprising cardiac experts from Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC), Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) and Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC), conducted a detailed examination of the three-time prime minister on January 30 for two hours in Lahore’s prison. Sharif’s personal physician Dr Adnan also briefed the board about the medical history related to his heart ailment, the report said.
