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The 69-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo agreed on Friday to go to the UK for the treatment, heeding doctors’ advice and accepting his family’s request. He was scheduled to leave for London on a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on Sunday morning.
The government could not remove Sharif’s name from the no fly-list (Exist Control List-ECL) as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman was not available to issue no objection certificate in this case.
According to doctors, Sharif’s departure process needs to be speeded up, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted.
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She said that it will become almost impossible to shift Sharif overseas for treatment in case of a medical emergency.
“Nawaz Sharif’s treatment abroad is being delayed by the delay in taking his name off the ECL,” Geo News quoted Aurangzeb as saying said. “Doctors have said that he cannot be given heavy doses of steroids time and again. Doctors have said that Sharif needs to be shifted abroad immediately,” she said.
“A delay in his travel is increasing dangers to his health,” she tweeted.
She said that doctors were doing their best to increase the platelet count of the former prime minister to ensure his health does not deteriorate when he travels.
On Saturday, Sharif’s platelet count was over 20,000.
The Pakistan government decided to let Sharif go abroad for treatment due to his critical medical conditions.
Earlier, Maryam said, “Mian sahib’s condition is very critical and he must go abroad for diagnosis of his disease and treatment. Doctors of the government and private medical boards have exhausted all options and they have unanimously recommended his treatment abroad.”