Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to be shifted to hospital from the jail on medical grounds

RAWALPINDI: The jail authorities have decided to shift former primeminister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to jail after his health deteriorated onTuesday.

The former prime minister is currently in the jail on judicial remand overcharges of financial irregularities in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)contract.

According to the sources, the former prime minister will be moved toAl-Shifa hospital, where he will again undergo a hernia surgery.

It was further learnt that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be operated afterphysical examination on December 26.

Last month, Abbasi had underwent a successful surgery in a private hospital.

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The former premier was treated for a hernia related ailment, the surgerywas deemed successful, sources privy to the information had claimed.

It had been revealed that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is bearing the cost of theprocedure and all his healthcare amenities from his own pocket.

Abbasi was arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB)link while en-route to Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahoreon July 18 in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of aliquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract.