Maryam hospitalised after she rushes to visit her ailing father
LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of jailed former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif, has been admitted to the same hospital where her father is undergoing treatment for low platelet count, according to media reports on Thursday.
The health condition of Sharif, 69, who was admitted to Services Hospital in Lahore on Monday from Kot Lakhpat jail, deteriorated with critically low platelet count, The Express Tribune reported. He is serving a sevenyear prison term in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case since December 24, 2018 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s July 28, 2017 verdict in the high-profile Panama Papers case. Sharif’s deteriorating health raised alarms bells on Wednesday as the his blood platelet count fell sharply to a lifethreatening level of 7,000.
He received transfusions of mega units of platelets at the hospital on Tuesday but his condition grew worse.
Maryam, 45, whose request to visit her ailing father for an hour was turned down by an accountability court earlier in the day, was rushed to the hospital from Kot Lakhpat jail after the Punjab home department granted her permission on the directives of PM Imran Khan, the report said.
Maryam was sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand last month by an accountability court in a money laundering case. Her remand was further extended by two more days on Wednesday.
After meeting Nawaz, Maryam also fell sick and was allowed to stay in a room next to the one where her father has been undergoing treatment, the report said.