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Sharif expected to be moved to PIC for treatment

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to be shifted to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) here today after his health deteriorated in prison.

According to PMLN sources, Sharif was immediately examined for his health condition in the prison when he complained that he was feeling unwell.

Medical experts in the prison recommended to shift Sharif to the hospital on immediate basis where he could get proper medical treatment.

Sharif has been serving his seven-year sentence in Kot Lakhpat Jail after being convicted in the Al-Azizia corruption reference case.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.