A top Pakistani court on Friday granted bail to jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with an acute immune disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 69-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo was rushed to the Services Hospital in Lahore from the National Accountability Bureau office late on Monday night after a massive drop in his platelet count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharif has been under treatment at the Services Hospital since Monday night after his condition deteriorated in the NAB’s custody. He is also serving a seven-year imprisonment in the Al-Azizia corruption case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 10-member medical board, headed by Services Hospital Principal Ayaz Mahmood, also submitted his report to the court declaring his condition “very serious”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Sharif will not be released immediately as the Islamabad High Court adjourned the hearing of his bail plea in a separate Al-Azizia steel mills case until Tuesday.The three-time premier’s lawyer Ashtar Ausaf told the court that his condition is “extremely serious” and he should be granted bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NAB’s prosecutor did not challenge the defence’s plea, saying since it is a matter of serious health issue of the former premier, it does not oppose his bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura, a bleeding disorder, in which the immune system destroys platelets. Since Sharif’s platelet counts are constantly reducing, we inject platelets every day but they destruct every day,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The medical reports of the PML-N supreme leader have been sent to doctors abroad for their opinion,” a party leader said.Renowned hematologist and bone-marrow transplant expert Dr Tahir Sultan Shamsi said Sharif did not have bone cancer, but rather acute ITP which is treatable in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expressing relief over the diagnosis, the doctor further said that the ailment can be cured with the right medications.Senior PML-N leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif told reporters on Thursday that going abroad for treatment if granted bail would be the discretion of Nawaz Sharif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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