Court Bars Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif From Leaving Pakistan
Three-time former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been barred from leaving the country to seek medical treatment. However, Islamabad High Court on Tuesday confirmed his bail suspending his jail term for eight weeks on medical grounds.
Nawaz Sharif will have to go back to the jail after eight weeks to resume his seven years sentence under a corruption case unless his bail is extended.
However, his doctors told the court that ‘Sharif ’s condition is serious’. A two-member judge bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the verdict on the plea filed by former Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif seeking the suspension of his brother’s sentence in the case. The verdict
In its verdict, the high court ordered that if Sharif’s condition does not improve in eight weeks, then the Punjab provincial government should be approached for a bail extension. The court asked Nawaz Sharif to submit two bail bonds worth Rs2 million. The court in the same case had granted the former premier bail last Saturday,
Geo Tv reported. According to Nawaz’s personal physician, Dr Adnan, the former prime minister is in a critical condition, suffering from ‘Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), heart and kidney complications. During the hearing, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar appeared before the court and presented a report regarding the health of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Buzdar told the IHC that the former premier trusts the medical care being provided to him. He added that the PML-N supreme leader was under treatment at the hospital and they will take care of him.