Direct­ives come a day after PML-N top leader had refuse­d medica­l treatm­ent and prefer an ‘honour­able death’Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Punjab government to provide the “best medical treatment” to incarcerated former premier Nawaz Sharif. Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet on Thursday that PM Imran has directed the provincial government to provide the best medical treatment to Nawaz at the hospital and doctor of his own choice. The prime minister also ordered the government to implement all the recommendations of the medical board formed to examine the health of PML-N top leader, Fawad cited PM Imran as saying in the tweet. Would ‘prefer honorable death’, Nawaz tells brotherThe Sharif family had failed to convince the disqualified prime minister to shift to hospital from the Kot Lakhpat Jail for cardiac treatment amid speculation that his medical condition is “life-threatening”. An accountability court sentenced three-time prime minister to seven years imprisonment in Al-Azizia reference in December last year.

Source: The Express Tribune March 07, 2019 14:15 UTC