ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, jailed earlier thismonth over graft charges, has fallen sick inside prison and is being movedto hospital, a minister said Sunday.
Sharif and his daughter were jailed on July 13 after a graft courtsentenced them to 10 and seven years respectively over properties inBritain which emerged in the wake of Panama Papers revelations.
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Caretaker home minister for Punjab province Shaukat Javed said on state-runPakistan Television that doctors had advised his transfer to hospital afteran electrocardiogram had shown “variations”.
“How many days he stays in hospital depends on doctors,” Javed said, addingthat the former PM was being transferred to the Pakistan Institute ofMedical Sciences in Islamabad.
Sharif, who claims he is being targeted by the country s powerful securityestablishment, is fighting for his political life after his Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) party lost an election on Wednesday to rival PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf led by former cricket hero Imran Khan.