Shehbaz to take his ailing brother, Nawaz Sharif to London: Report

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif will take his elder bror and ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to London for medical treatment on Sunday as his health condition remains critical, according to a media report.

69-year-old PML(N) supremo agreed on Friday to go to London for treatment, heeding doctors' vice and accepting his family's request, his daughter Maryam Nawaz told media.

Pakistan government has decided to let Sharif go abro for treatment due to his critical medical conditions.

Shehbaz, 68, will take his bror for medical treatment on Sunday, Geo News reported, quoting sources.

arrangements have been me for Sharif's treatment at Harley Street Clinic. Both Sharif and Shehbaz will take Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Sunday flight to London, report said.

Sharif's family have contacted two doctors in London for former prime minister's treatment. An appointment has been me for him at Harley Street Clinic for Monday. Sharif family are also talking to a doctor in New York, it said.

Shehbaz will accompany Sharif to London and he has alrey spoken to consultants at one of Harley Street clinics where patients suffering form drop in platelets are treated privately, report said.

A final decision will be me when Sharif is discharged from Services Hospital. He will be treated at Sharif Medical hospital in Jati Umra.

Earlier Speaking to media on Friday, Maryam, 46, said family could t risk  Sharif's health and has decided to send him abro. "Shehbaz Sharif is looking after all boarding and lodging of former premier. After losing my mor last year, my far is my everything w," a distraught Maryam told ARY News.

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Sharif's wife Kulsoom died of throat cancer in London last year.

Maryam, who was released due to his critical health condition on bail on Wednesday by Lahore High Court (LHC), said Sharif himself agreed to get medical treatment abro.

Sharif was shifted to his Jati Umra Raiwind residence in Lahore on Wednesday after his two-week stay at a Pakistani hospital for treatment of multiple diseases. He was mitted to Services Hospital in Lahore on October 22 from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.

A Sharif family member said on Friday that former premier might leave for London this week if his name was removed from Exit Control List by government.

government confirmed having received application on Friday.

In Islamab, Prime Minister's Special Assistant Naeemul Haq said on Friday "government has issue if he (Sharif) flies abro for treatment".

Sources said decision was taken in a meeting of Interior Minister Ijaz Shah with Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday. After meeting, government agreed to remove Sharif's name from -fly list, paving way for his travel abro. Khan said that allowing Sharif to go out for treatment was t a concession as he would have to face charges after recovering.

Sharif's medical reports were sent to doctors in London earlier and y have vised him to come to London for treatment as soon as possible.

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However, Minster for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar alleged that Sharif's medical reports were manipulated to show him critically ill so that he could be allowed to leave country.

"He (Sharif) has once again me a deal with government like he did in 2000 (with Pervez Musharraf government) to go out of country," Sarwar alleged. Sharif was arrested by Musharraf after toppling his government in 1999 but allowed him to go on exile to Saudi Arabia.

PML-N spokeswoman Marryium Aurangzeb called Sarwar's statement as "callous" and by someone who h heart for an ailing person.

Sharif family approached Ministry of Interior, requesting removal of Sharif's name from ECL to pave way for three-time prime minister to fly abro for medical treatment.

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Sharif suffered an angina attack during his hospitalisation and also suffers from diabetes.

Sharif was lodged in Kot Lakhpat jail but last month he was sent to custody of National Accountability Bureau (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 25, Lahore High Court granted bail to Sharif in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. He was undergoing treatment after being diagsed with an acute immune disorder.

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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