Subjecting ailing Nawaz to political vengeance a mean act: Shehbaz
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 06, 2019
LAHORE: Slamming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that government ministers can go abroad despite their names being in the Exit Control List (ECL) but his elder brother Nawaz Sharif who made the country a nuclear power is not allowed to be taken to a medical facility.
His statement follows on the heels of tweets by the former prime minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz who said her father is in life threatening state as he experienced angina four times over the past week.
Expressing concern over the elder Sharif’s health, the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) president termed the government’s act to deny the three-time premier treatment a crime. “To subject an ailing person to political vendetta is a mean act.”
He demanded that the government immediately shift Nawaz to any specialised cardiac facility.
In a series of tweets after her visit to Kot Lakhpat Jail on Tuesday, she had said, “MNS’s doctor & I met him at Kotlakhpat jail today. During the meeting he had an episode of angina & asked for his nitrate spray.”
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“It was then that he divulged that he has had similar attacks 4 times in last week. He reiterated that he will neither report nor complain.”
“MNS has been a 3 times Prime Minister & the insensitivity & callousness regarding his health on part of the govt is shocking to say the least. My family & I are extremely concerned given the grave risk to his health,” she said.