LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and OppositionLeader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has been shifted to Inmolhospital as his health deteriorates on Thursday.
The 69-year-old was shifted to Inmol Cancer Hospital after he felt unwell;the former Chief Minister Punjab is afflicted with blood cancer, and willundergo a PET scan at the hospital.
The Punjab government has formed a six-member medical board to examine him.The board was constituted in the direction of the accountability court.Board will examine Shehbaz’s health and submit a report in this regard tothe health department.
The six-member board includes Prof Khalid Mahmood (Chairman), Prof SaeedAhmed, Prof Saima Ameer, Prof Rana Adil, Prof Khadija, and Dr Abbas Khokhar.
Earlier, Judge Jawadul Hassan of the accountability court issued a writtenorder regarding the formation of a medical board to examine Shehbaz Sharif.
The accused is a patient of brain tumour and cancer, and his legal right toget his medical reports could not be neglected.
He has been currently imprisoned at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in the RamzanSugar Mills case, Saaf Pani Company case, Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Schemescam case, and money laundering case.