Pakistan former Minister flown to London on medical treatment

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left Pakistan to London in an air ambulance to receive medical treatment.

According to his party, they explained that a month after the three-times prime minister was released on bail from a seven-year sentence for corruption, he has been faced with illnesses.

Sharif, 69, was accompanied by his younger brother and personal physician, according to leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Party (PMLN).

The former prime minister is suffering from an auto-immune blood disorder, high blood pressure and deteriorating kidney function, according to aides.

His doctor said he was “fighting for his life”.

Despite his convictions for corruption, Sharif remains popular among some Pakistanis, and his health has dominated newspaper front pages and TV channels in recent weeks.

“Thank God that he has left for the medical treatment he needs urgently,” the party’s parliamentarian Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday.

According to Pervaiz Rashid, Sharif’s close aide, he explained that;  “Nawaz Sharif will go to Boston after going through a detailed checkup in London. During his travel, he will stay in Doha for two hours.

Pakistan‘s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi explained in an interview with reporters that the government had no objection to Sharif travelling abroad, opening the possibility of his imminent departure.

But Sharif was only allowed to leave after agreeing to a series of conditions preventing him seeking exile, including submitting periodic medical reports notarised by Pakistan‘s embassy in London, according to court documents.