ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been shifted fromPakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to Adiala jail.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo is currently serving his prisonsentence after being convicted in a corruption case by the accountabilitycourt.

Nawaz is being shifted as per his own wish, sources said. Strict securityhas been deployed to shift him.linklink

Earlier in the day, the doctors at PIMS had said that Nawaz Sharif’s healthis improving.

Last night, Nawaz’s sugar, blood pressure and ECG (electrocardiogram) werenot normal after which all the tests were conducted again today, thedoctors had said.

PIMS Head of Cardiology Dr Naeem Malik along with his three-member team hadconducted Nawaz’s check-up today.

Nawaz was shifted from Adiala Jail to PIMS’ cardiac ward on the orders ofthe caretaker government on Sunday.

The former premier was admitted to PIMS’ coronary care unit on doctors’advice, who examined him after he complained of chest pain. A notificationissued later declared the medical facility’s cardiac ward as a ‘sub-jail’.