Ex-Afghan president Hamid Karzai meets ailing Nawaz Sharif in London

Former Afghanistan president prays for PML-N supremo’s quick recovery


Our Correspondent January 11, 2020
Former Afghanistan president prays for ailing PML-N supremo’s quick recovery. SCREENGRAB

ISLAMABAD: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai met ailing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif at his Avenfield apartments in London on Saturday.

He was received by two sons of the former prime minister – Hassan and Hussain Nawaz – upon his arrival at their swanky British address.

Addressing the media following the meeting, Karzai said he visited the three-time Pakistani premier to inquire after his health. “It’s good to see him in good health,” said the former Afghan president, who was accompanied by PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif at the presser.

“During my visits to Pakistan and Mian Sahib’s (Nawaz) visits to Afghanistan, I found him extremely kind … it’s good to see him in good health [again],” said Karzai.

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Nawaz had left for London on November 19 in an air ambulance to seek medical treatment, a month after he was released on bail from a seven-year prison sentence for corruption.

He was in the custody of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), when a sharp and radical drop in his platelet count from over 75,000 to just about 2,000 within 24 hours worried doctors last year.

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