Nawaz Sharif moves IHC for bail on medical grounds

ISLAMABAD - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif filed a fresh petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday seeking bail on medical grounds.

The supreme leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz moved the petition through his counsel Khawaja Haris pleading that as per the medical board, he was suffering from numerous ailments.

Opinions of specialist doctors from Switzerland, the US and UK have been included in the petition which contends that Sharif be granted bail as his condition is life-threatening.

The petition stated that Sharif's blood and sugar levels have not normalised.

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It adds that all members of the special medical board, along with doctors associated with Doctors hospital Lahore, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Lahore and National Hospital Lahore as well as medical specialists from UK, USA and Switzerland were unanimous that Nawaz’s treatment is not possible in jail premises.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court dismissed Nawaz’s petition seeking permanent bail on medical grounds and the permission to go abroad for treatment.

A three-judge special bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Yahya Afridi, dismissed the petition; he was earlier granted bail for six weeks which expired on May 7th.

The former premier is serving a seven-year prison term at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail since December 24, 2018 in Al-Azizia reference filed by the accountability watchdog.