Nawaz to leave for medical treatment in US

Former premier to leave over the coming weekend, further treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital

KARACHI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, under treatment in London, will leave for the United States over the weekend for further specialist treatment.

The former premier's family has contacted the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for treatment of Nawaz's blocked carotid artery.

After arrival in the US, Nawaz will undergo a preliminary examination at the hospital before the commencement of further treatment.



The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo had left for London on November 19 in an air ambulance to seek medical treatment in London, a month after the three-time premier was released on bail from a seven-year prison sentence for corruption.

He was accompanied by his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif, personal physician and some party leaders.

The 69-year-old three-time former prime minister was shifted to the Services hospital in October after his health condition deteriorated. Doctors then recommended him to get treatment abroad.

The government had allowed Nawaz’s travel for medical reasons but put the condition that he submit an indemnity bond of Rs7-7.5 billion as a guarantee that he would return to the country after getting treatment. Nawaz, however, rejected the condition.



Nawaz had been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court on humanitarian grounds in the Al Azizia case and by the Lahore High Court in the ongoing Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, in which he is a suspect.

In November, he was allowed by the LHC to travel abroad for treatment without any bond.