ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has constituted a nine-member medical board to examine Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif.
The board, headed by senior surgeon Prof Dr Tanveer Khaliq, has been established on the request of a medical team of Lahore which is responsible for the treatment of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
Pims executive director Dr Raja Amjad has detailed that the request has been made as Shehbaz Sharif has now become chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and is likely to spend more time in Islamabad.
“All nine doctors of the board are specialists in different fields and they will provide the best possible treatment to him,” he said in a conversation with Dawn News.
Dr Amjad expressed said that initially, the medical board would examine old reports and medical history of Mr Sharif and then it could suggest some tests to ascertain his latest health condition.
He said that although a medical board of Polyclinic had been formed last month, he was not aware if it would continue examining Mr Sharif or not.
Former chief minister Punjab was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on Oct 5 on corruption charges in the Ashiyana housing scandal.
He has now been elected as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
Earlier, it was also reported that the medical reports of Sharif had shown signs of cancer reemergence, however, the board would now give a verdict on the issue.
Shehbaz Sharif has been attending the sessions of National Assembly on production orders issued by Speaker Asad Qaiser. An accountability court in Lahore is conducting hearings into the allegations leveled against him by the anti-graft body.
Tehmina Durrani, the wife of PML-N leader had earlier denied that Shehbaz was suffering from cancer.
https://twitter.com/TehminaDurrani/status/1056977372363268098
My husband Shabaz Sharif does not have blood cancer, as reported in the electronic media, she had said in a tweet.
