February 2, 2019 5:03 PM

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Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif to be shifted to hospital from prison

<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan's Punjab provincial government today ordered that Nawaz Sharif be shifted to a hospital from jail, days after a special medical board concluded that the former prime minister has developed cardiac complications.<br />''<br />''Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.<br />''<br />''The order came after a special medical board constituted to monitor his health recommended that he should be shifted to a hospital. The board examined the deposed prime minister in jail this week.</span>

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