*ISLAMABAD – Former PM Nawaz Sharif was given insulin at Islamabad’s PIMSHospital on Monday to control his rising sugar level.*

Doctors say that his blood pressure has slightly improved. They gave himinsulin as his sugar level was higher than normal.

The three-time premier has been in jail since July 13 when he and hisdaughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, returned to Pakistan from London. The twohave been serving their sentence in the Avenfield corruption case inRawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.

On Sunday, Nawaz was moved to Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of MedicalSciences (PIMS) Hospital after blood-clotting was reported in the jail.Maryam met him before he left the jail for the hospital.