Nawaz has ongoing chest issues, according to a recent medical report provided to LHC.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) received a medical report on Nawaz Sharif on Friday. Sharif, the leader of the PML-N, is expected to return to Pakistan later this month after living in self-imposed exile for four years.
In the study, it was said that the former premier had “some residual anginal symptoms” that need “frequent follow-up investigations” in both London and Pakistan. Angina is a typical sign of coronary heart disease and is characterised by chest pain or discomfort.
In the midst of serving a seven-year prison sentence, Nawaz had fled for London in 2019 for medical reasons. The LHC had first given the former premier permission to travel overseas for a period of four weeks, with the possibility of an extension based on medical records.
A promise to “provide/send the periodical medical reports of the doctor duly notarized by the embassy to the registrar of this court” had also been made by his brother Shehbaz Sharif.
Nawaz, however, never came back and was charged with graft in other cases.
The event occurs before Nawaz’s anticipated arrival back in Pakistan on October 21, according to Shehbaz. Party officials have stated that after receiving protective bail, he will appear at a reception in his honour before turning himself in to the authorities.
On Friday, attorney Amjad Pervez delivered the most recent medical report—a copy of which may be found at Dawn.com—to the LHC registrar.
Professor Carlo Di Mario, a consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust’s Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, signed the report.
Nawaz had already undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, many angioplasties, and ablations. Mario claimed to have followed Nawaz during his time in London.
“We started with medical intervention, bolstering his antianginal therapy. The Covid-19 epidemic’s limits and his ongoing anginal symptoms prevented Nawaz from returning to Pakistan in a secure manner, the official added.
According to the cardiologist, another angioplasty was performed in November 2022 to treat a “occluded left circumflexed artery” when Nawaz’s symptoms “worsened”.
Rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, and the placement and expansion of many stents guided by intravascular ultrasonography were all necessary.
He noted that because of widespread distal coronary disease in a patient with diabetes and numerous other comorbidities, “(Nawaz) Sharif still has some residual anginal symptoms that would require frequent follow-up investigations both in London and Pakistan.”
