Nawaz Sharif's leaked photo sparks debate over his health

 A fresh picture of Pakistan's ‘ailing’ former prime minister Nawaz Sharif taking tea at a London café along with some members of his family went viral on social media, sparking a debate on his health with ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf members demanding his return to face corruption cases.

In picture, 70-year-old three-time premier is seen sitting at a roside café with his granddaughters. He sported a blue shalwar kameez and a cap and apparently looked in better health.

Some ministers got skeptical about serious nature of his health, saying Sharif is roaming on London streets and he even did t bor to wear mask in this COVID-19 testing time.

"This picture of Sharif having tea in café is exposing our law, justice and judicial system. This picture also tells how much people can trust on accountability system in country," Science Minister Faw Chaudhry said.

Prime Minister’s viser Shahbaz Gill said that Sharif h gone abro after lying in court. " Sharifs think people are fool,” Gill said and asked Mr Sharif to return Pakistan to face corruption cases against him.

Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan said that how come Sharif roam on London's streets without a mask. He should be brought back to face corruption cases against him.

As picture went viral on social media on Saturday it became top trend, sparking a debate about Sharif’s health with his detractors asking why he does t return to Pakistan if he is well while his supporters expressed joy at seeing ir leer in good health and spirits.

Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz claimed that picture of PML-N supreme leer was released by ‘some elements’ with an intention to humiliate him.

"Like in past practice y (an apparent reference to establishment) wanted to humiliate him by leaking his picture. But response to it was orwise. supporters of him got happy to see him. His detractors must learn from this," she said.

She said when her mor was in ICU in a London hospital, such elements even tried to take her picture ‘forcibly’. “For m to take Nawaz Sharif and his family’s women’s pictures is t difficult,” she said in a tweet.

Shahbaz Gill, however, claimed that PML-N itself h leaked this picture of Sharif to tell its workers that he is fine and "very much in-charge of party". He said PML-N workers were looking up to Sharif's younger bror Shahbaz Sharif that is why party h to leak this picture.

Earlier in January, a picture of Sharif having tea at a London restaurant h gone viral, inviting a lot of criticism and raising suspicion that he might have gone out of Pakistan ‘under some deal’.

Defending this and previous "leaked" pictures, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Auranzeb said: "Mr Sharif h gone out to have a walk as per doctors’ vice.”

Sharif in vember last h left for London after Lahore High Court granted him a four-week permission allowing him to go abro for his treatment.

He h given an undertaking to Lahore High Court to return to Pakistan citing his record to face process of law and justice within four weeks or as soon as he is declared healthy and fit to travel by doctors.

Sharif was also given bail in Al-Azizia Mills corruption case in which he was serving seven-year imprisonment in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.

Sharif, who was diagsed with an immune system disorder, has been vised by a PTI government’s panel of doctors to go abro for treatment. He h been diagsed with a complicated coronary disease.

In London, he underwent comprehensive cardiovascular evaluation and investigations at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital.

According to his daughter, Sharif's cardiac surgery h been postponed due to coronavirus pandemic.