Sharif rejects Pak govt's conditional permission to travel abroad for treatment

Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday refused to meet Imran Khan government's demand to submit indemnity bonds worth Rs 700 crores for travel to UK for medical treatment, saying it was "illegal" and deunced attempts to politicise his health. On Tuesday, Pakistan Cabinet decided to allow 69-year-old Sharif to go to UK for medical treatment if  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo agrees to sign surety bonds making a commitment that he would return after treatment and face corruption cases against him.

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'Would t submit any bonds'

Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Khan, approved removal of Sharif's name from -fly list (Exit Control List-ECL).

"We have categorically told government that Sharif would t submit any indemnity bonds worth Rs 7 billion (Rs 700 crores) to government for removing his name from -fly list enabling his departure for London for his treatment," a PML-N leer quoted Sharif as saying. "Nawaz Sharif said government demand is illegal and can't be met in presence of court guarantees." Nawaz also showed his anyance over government's 'tactics' to politicise issue of his health.

" government cant hold ar court of its own on earlier decision of Islamab High Court that granted Sharif eight weeks bail on medical grounds," PML-N leer told PTI, ding Sharif family may move court for removal of his name from ECL if government did t decide in his favour on Wednesday. "If something happens to Sharif , Imran Khan and company will be responsible as he is critical and government is using opportunity for ir dirty politics," he said.

Air ambulance arriving in Lahore

According to his party an air ambulance is arriving in Lahore on Wednesday to shift him to London if government removes his name from ECL. Sharif is under treatment at his Lahore's Jati Umra House. His platelet count is said to unstable and is critically low. Sharif is suffering from multiple health complications, including erratic platelet count, and is currently being taken care at his residence near Lahore where an ICU has been set up. Sharif agreed on Friday to go to UK for treatment, heeding doctors' vice and accepting his family's request. He was scheduled to leave for London on a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on Sunday morning. However, he could t leave as his name figured in fly-list.

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former prime minister was lodged in Kot Lakhpat jail but last month he was sent to custody of NAB which is probing Sharif family in Chaudhry Sugar Mills corruption case. On December 24, 2018, an accountability court h sentenced Sharif to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case and acquitted him in Flagship case. On October 29, Islamab High Court suspended Sharif's sentence in Al-Azizia corruption case for eight weeks on medical grounds. Sharif family has denied all corruption charges and termed m as politically motivated. 

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