ISLAMABAD – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday adjourned until 3pm thehearing of a bail petition filed by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif for therelease of former premier Nawaz Sharif from the custody of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) on medical grounds.
According to his test reports, his white blood cell count is low anddropping. PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal has said that his true condition isbeing hidden from his family. “They ran stories in the media saying hisplatelet count was at 20,000 when it was really at 6,000 according to histest reports,” he said.
Sources in his family say that they will show the PML-N founder’s testreports to other doctors for second opinions. So far, they have alreadyshown the reports to some doctors in the UK, who say his condition is verysevere.
They say he needs another check-up before his treatment can start.
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Moreover, Nawaz’s lawyer Ashtar Ausaf told the court today that the formerpremier’s conditionlinkwas“extremely serious”.
According to the news report, Hussain Nawaz, son of Nawaz Sharif, hadalleged that reduction in platelets of his father might be the result ofsome kind of “poisoning”. Tweeting from London, he said: “Thrombocytopeniaas a manifestation of poisoning. If anything happens to Nawaz Sharif -youknow who are responsible for this.”
