ISLAMABAD – Islamabad PIMS hospital spokesman Wasim Khwaja has said thatNawaz Sharif was in the hospital’s Cardiac Centre and his condition wasstable. He said besides hospital security, extra police and paramilitarytroops were deployed in and around the premises.ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD

The three-time former prime minister was shifted to the presidential suiteof the Cardiac Centre, hospital sources told *Dawn TV.*

A check-up at the hospital revealed that Sharif’s sugar level is high andhe is suffering from stress, the sources said, quoting doctors.

Caretaker Punjab home minister Shaukat Javed said on state-run *PTV* thatdoctors had advised his transfer to hospital after an electrocardiogram hadshown “variations”.

“How many days he stays in hospital depends on doctors,” Javed said.

Earlier today, Dr Naeem Malik, head of the Pims cardiology department,suggested that authorities shift Sharif to the hospital as his blood testsshowed clotting which, according to the doctor, was an alarming signconsidering his medical history. The PML-N supremo lives with diabetes andhas also undergone bypass surgery. He currently takes medication for hisheart condition, cholesterol and diabetes.