Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will meet Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid for Life Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat jail on monday
A request was filed to the home department by PPP seeking permission for the meeting. Punjab government allowed Bilawal .
Bilawal intends to meet the former premier today to inquire about his health. He has also expressed concerns over Sharif’s health in the past.
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the former incarcerated premier, had earlier tweeted that she met the PML-N supremo and he hasn’t agreed to be shifted to the hospital.
Just met MNS. Since he hasn’t agreed to be shifted to the hospital & his heart disease has worsened (according to cardiologists sent by the govt to examine him y’day), I request the Jail authorities to establish an immediate resuscitation and life saving unit on Jail premises.
On Thursday, PM Imran Khan had directed Punjab government to provide best medical treatment to Nawaz Sharif. Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry revealed this on his twitter account. “Nawaz should be given access to the hospital and doctor of his choice. The recommendations of medical board should also be implemented,” the PM maintained.
Punjab govt offers medical treatment
Later, Punjab government formally offered Sharif to provide best medical treatment in the country.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore after meeting the PML-N supremo at Kot Lakhpat Jail, spokesperson for Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Gill said that the government is ready if Sharif wanted to call his personal doctor from London, adding that the provincial government will on Friday formally write a letter to the Sharif family in this regard.
The spokesperson went on to say that the government is ready for medical checkup of the former premier from the foreign cardiologists arrived in Islamabad for conference.
“Sharif is apparently quite healthy at this time,” he said and wanted to wait for his bail. Gill further said that the government wouldn’t have objection for the former prime minister’s treatment at Sharif Medical Complex if there is relaxation in the law.
