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
Bangladesh’s religio-political party open to unity govt
- Opinion polls suggest that Jamaat-e-Islami will finish a close second to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the first election it has contested in nearly 17 years
DHAKA: A once-banned Bangladeshi religio-political party, poised for its strongest electoral showing in February’s parliamentary vote, is open to joining a unity government and has held talks with several parties, its chief said.
Opinion polls suggest that Jamaat-e-Islami will finish a close second to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the first election it has contested in nearly 17 years as it marks a return to mainstream politics in the predominantly Muslim nation of 175 million.
Jamaat last held power between 2001 and 2006 as a junior coalition partner with the BNP and is open to working with it again.
“We want to see a stable nation for at least five years. If the parties come together, we’ll run the government together,” Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman said in an interview at his office in a residential area in Dhaka, days after the party created a buzz by securing a tie-up with a Gen-Z party.
Rahman said anti-corruption must be a shared agenda for any unity government.
The prime minister will come from the party winning the most seats in the Feb. 12 election, he added. If Jamaat wins the most seats, the party will decide whether he himself would be a candidate, Rahman said.
The party’s resurgence follows the ousting of long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a youth-led uprising in August 2024.
Rahman said Hasina’s continued stay in India after fleeing Dhaka was a concern, as ties between the two countries have hit their lowest point in decades since her downfall.
Asked about Jamaat’s historical closeness to Pakistan, Rahman said: “We maintain relations in a balanced way with all.”
He said any government that includes Jamaat would “not feel comfortable” with President Mohammed Shahabuddin, who was elected unopposed with the Awami League’s backing in 2023.
