PML-N cautions PM, Punjab govt over Sharif’s health

Ahsan Iqbal says former premier’s family was in great stress over his worsening condition

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has expressed grave concern over the health of Nawaz Sharif and warned that if anything happened to the former premier, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab govt would be held responsible.

The PML-N leader demanded the government to forward Nawaz Sharif’s medical reports to his personal physician and make arrangements for his timely treatment.

Ahsan Iqbal said that keeping the former premier’s family in the dark about his health condition was condemnable and tantamount to criminal negligence.

He said that Sharif’s family was in great stress and suspicion over his worsening health and came to know about his well-being only through media.



The PML-N leader asked the government to send Sharif’s medical reports to his family and personal physicians so that his timely treatment could begin.

Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif’s personal physician, Dr Adnan has said that the deposed premier’s health is “at risk” if he is not hospitalised, Express News reported.

The former premier’s doctor said the recommendations of the medical board comprising doctors from Allama Iqbal Medical College and Jinnah Hospital were received on Tuesday, in which the medical board had recommended hospitalising Nawaz due to his condition.

“Not hospitalising the former premier has posed a risk to his health.”

A day after reports emerged that Nawaz is unwell; the former prime minister was shifted to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) in the walled city amid strict security.

In a tweet on Monday, daughter of the former premier Maryam Nawaz had said that her father was unwell but the family was being kept in the dark about his medical condition.

Her statement came two days after she criticised the authorities for not releasing medical reports of her father.

Nawaz was earlier advised to get additional tests done by his personal physician in a bid to ascertain reasons for the chest pain he has been going through.

The ousted premier has been behind bars in Kot Lakhpat prison since December 24, 2018, after an accountability court convicted him in a corruption reference filed in line with the apex court’s July 28, 2017 verdict.