ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson said that jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is not well and authorities are not allowing his personal physician to see him.
Maryam Aurangzeb, former federal minister and spokesperson forthe PML-N, said in a message posted on her party Twitter account that authorities should allow the doctor who knows his medical history for the past 20 years to see Sharif.
“We expect the caretaker Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk will take notice of this situation,” she added.
Aurangzeb also said in series of tweets that the nation is concerned about Sharif’s medical condition in the jail.
“PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif had written letters to the caretaker premier and Punjab chief minister to appeal to provide basic amenities to Nawaz,” Marriyum said.
She added that jail authorities deprived Nawaz of basic facilities, which led to his sickness.
“Nawaz’s condition worsened due to denial of facilities,” she added.
Sharif, who is a heart patient, has not been well since Saturday after his blood pressure shot up and reportedly his kidneys also suffered.
A team of medical doctors examined Sharif in jail late on Saturday night but the report was not shared with the media.
Last week on July 19, after meeting with Sharif, a senior PML-N leader, Pervaiz Rashid, said that three-time former prime minister is being held in deplorable conditions in jail.
Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, who accompanied him from London, was arrested on July 13 when they landed at Lahore airport and taken to a jail in Rawalpindi.
PML-N worried about jailed ex-Prime Minister’s health
PML-N worried about jailed ex-Prime Minister’s health
- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson said jail authorities deprived Nawaz of basic facilities, which led to his sickness
- Senior leader of PML-N Pervaiz Rashid had said last week that the three-time former prime minister is being held in deplorable conditions in jail
Israel defends Somaliland move at UN amid concerns over Gaza motives
- Some states question if recognition part of a bid to relocate Palestinians or establish military bases
- US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza states: "No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return"
- US accuses Security Council of double standards after Western countries recognized Palestinian state
UNITED NATIONS: Israel defended on Monday its formal recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, but several countries at the United Nations questioned whether the move aimed to relocate Palestinians from Gaza or to establish military bases.
Israel became the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday.
The 22-member Arab League, a regional organization of Arab states in the Middle East and parts of Africa, rejects “any measures arising from this illegitimate recognition aimed at facilitating forced displacement of the Palestinian people or exploiting northern Somali ports to establish military bases,” Arab League UN Ambassador Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz told the UN Security Council.
“Against the backdrop of Israel’s previous references to Somaliland of the Federal Republic of Somalia as a destination for the deportation of Palestinian people, especially from Gaza, its unlawful recognition of Somaliland region of Somalia is deeply troubling,” Pakistan’s Deputy UN Ambassador Muhammad Usman Iqbal Jadoon told the council.
Israel’s UN mission did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the remarks or address any of them in its statement at the council meeting. In March, the foreign ministers of Somalia and Somaliland said they had not received any proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza.
US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza states: “No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return.”
Israel’s coalition government, the most right-wing and religiously conservative in its history, includes far-right politicians who advocate the annexation of both Gaza and the West Bank and encouraging Palestinians to leave their homeland.
Somalia’s UN Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman said council members Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Somalia “unequivocally reject any steps aimed at advancing this objective, including any attempt by Israel to relocate the Palestinian population from Gaza to the northwestern region of Somalia.”
SOMALILAND VS PALESTINIAN STATE
Somaliland has enjoyed effective autonomy — and relative peace and stability — since 1991 when Somalia descended into civil war, but the breakaway region has failed to receive recognition from any other country.
“It is not a hostile step toward Somalia, nor does it preclude future dialogue between the parties. Recognition is not an act of defiance. It is an opportunity,” Israel’s Deputy UN Ambassador Jonathan Miller told the council.
In September, several Western states, including France, Britain, Canada and Australia announced they would recognize a Palestinian state, joining more than three-quarters of the 193 UN members who already do so.
Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Tammy Bruce said: “This council’s persistent double standards and misdirection of focus distract from its mission of maintaining international peace and security.”
Slovenia’s UN Ambassador Samuel Zbogar disputed her argument, saying: “Palestine is not part of any state. It is illegally occupied territory ... Palestine is also an observer state in this organization.”
He added: “Somaliland, on the other hand, is a part of a UN member state and recognizing it goes against ... the UN Charter.”
Israel said last week that it would seek immediate cooperation with Somaliland in agriculture, health, technology and the economy. The former British protectorate hopes Israeli recognition will encourage other nations to follow suit, increasing its diplomatic heft and access to global markets.
