ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has responded to the news ofdeteriorating health of Nawaz Sharif inside the Adiala Jail.

He has wished speedy and full recovery of former premier Nawaz Sharif whohas fallen sick inside Adiala jail.

Khan’s statement came following reports that the three-time former premier,jailed earlier this month over graft charges, is being moved to PIMSHospital for health reasons, a minister.

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.

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.