Nawaz Sharif arrives in the UK in an air ambulance to seek better medical treatment

Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in London on Tuesday, vember 19, in an air ambulance to seek better medical treatment for multiple diseases.  

His air ambulance flight from Lahore landed in UK in evening after a stopover in Doha, Qatar. air ambulance was equipped with an intensive care unit and an operation atre. 

"Former PM #NawazSharif on-board Qatar Airways Air Ambulance A7-MED has landed safely at Heathrow, London-UK," his doctor tweeted. 

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Party (PML-N) aides were present to receive 69-year-old party chief, who was accompanied by his bror Shehbaz Sharif and personal physician as he was taken to his London residence in posh Park Lane area of British capital.  

"He will rest overnight at his residence and tomorrow [Wednesday] he will consult with Harley Street specialists," a PML-N UK spokesperson said. 

"He has been under a lot of stress and strain, but we hope his platelet levels should go up. We will wait and see what consultants say and n decide if he would need to be taken to a hospital in Boston in US," spokesperson said. 

three-time prime minister has been diagsed with an immune system disorder and doctors in Pakistan recommended that he should go abro for treatment as his condition continued to deteriorate despite best possible care in country.

former Pakistani premier was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges in December last year. Since he was granted bail last month on medical grounds, his party and family members have been working on getting him removed him from a travel ban list to allow him to seek treatment overseas.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government h demanded that Sharif pay a bond of 7 billion Pakistani Rupees (estimated USD 45 million) as a condition of his travel abro which PML-N h rejected. 

On Thursday, Sharif challenged this condition in court terming it 'illegal' and a "trap" of prime minister Khan to use m (bonds) for his political gains. 

After days of delock over condition, he was finally allowed to leave his home in Lahore to travel to London for treatment following an undertaking to court that he would return to Pakistan within four weeks. 

Sharif will be treated at his son Hasan's flat in UK and a room has been reserved for it, according to Geo News. room has been equipped with necessary equipment as vised by doctors, Geo News quoted a source as saying. 

A source at Harley Street Clinic said that two doctors have been engd and y will review situation and n a furr decision will be taken, it said.

From UK, he is expected to be flown to US city of Boston where a medical appointment is alrey in place with a hospital.

Sharif denies all charges of corruption against him and h been granted bail by Islamab High Court and Lahore High Court on humanitarian grounds earlier this month. 

According to Geo News, Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz also arrived in London from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening. 

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