Published 19:04 IST, January 13th 2020

In London for treatment, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's pic at restaurant goes viral

Amid his recovery from “complicated heart disease” in London, a picture of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a restaurant went viral on Monday.

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Amid his recovery from “complicated heart disease” in London, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was spotted at a restaurant. picture that has gone viral on Monday also features former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, his bror and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and or family members. While some netizens cast aspersions over his illness, ors expressed relief over signs of his recovery. 

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Nawaz Sharif's health problems

Nawaz Sharif was undergoing his 7-year sentence in a corruption case in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. However, he h to be rushed to a hospital in October as his platelet count dropped to a critically low level. Lahore High Court allowed him to travel abro in vember to seek furr treatment as his condition continued to deteriorate.

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Sharif signed an undertaking whereby he promised to return to Pakistan within 4 weeks or whenever he was in a fit condition to travel. Sharif arrived in London on vember 19. Recently, reports indicated that he was likely to be mitted to a hospital for a cardiac procedure. 

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Musharraf let off by Lahore HC

Earlier in day, Lahore HC declared death penalty verdict against former Pakistani Army Chief and President Pervez Musharraf as “null and void”. It also ruled that Constitution of Special Court which prounced original judgment was “unlawful”.

On December 17, Musharraf was sentenced to death after being held guilty of high treason for abrogating Constitution and imposing an extra-constitutional emergency.

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Musharraf’s case was given a big push after his arch-nemesis Nawaz Sharif took oath as Pakistan’s Prime Minister for third time in 2013. former military dictator h assumed power in a bloodless coup in 1999 after ousting Nawaz Sharif. This case however pertained specifically to emergency imposed by Musharraf in 2007.  

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19:04 IST, January 13th 2020