Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is undergoing a series of health checks and tests in London on Wednesday (Nov 20), a day after he landed in an air ambulance in the UK from Pakistan.
Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) aides said the 69-year-old PML-N chief has been resting at his residence at Park Lane in central London and has appointments with expert doctors and consultants through the course of the next few days.
“He has appointments with consultants at a Harley Street clinic. After the medical reports, we will decide the way forward,” a PML-N UK spokesperson said.
Sharif, accompanied by his brother Shehbaz Sharif and personal physician Dr Adnan Khan, landed at Heathrow Airport by an air ambulance flight from Lahore via Doha on Tuesday night. He was driven to his home where his sons Hasan and Hussain Nawaz, daughter Asma Sharif, party aides and relatives were waiting to receive him amid supportive slogan-shouting by his supporters.
“I would urge not to make this a political issue in any way. At this time, the most important thing is Mian Saheb’s [Sharif] health and well-being,” Hussain Nawaz told reporters outside Avenfield House on Tuesday night.
“I have said that an investigation into the possible link between thrombocytopenia, or a drop in platelet count, and poisoning, is needed but I want to stress again that for us at present the main focus is that he receives the medical attention required,” he said, adding that he would like to take his father to a hospital in Boston, US, but the decision would be up to the medical experts in London.
Nawaz Sharif has been diagnosed with an immune system disorder and kidney problems and was permitted to travel to the UK for medical treatment following an agreement with the Pakistani government.
The former Pakistani premier was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges, which he denied, 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.
