Shehbaz Sharif moves back to jail after medical checkup

On Thursday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Shehbaz Sharif was sent back to Kot Lakpat jail after a checkup at a local hospital as his health deteriorated earlier in the day.

Strict security arrangements were made and a heavy contingent of police has been deployed in and around the hospital.

Shehbaz’s personal physicians were also present in the hospital It was reported that the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly would undergo positron emission tomography (PET) scan and other medical tests.

After receiving the reports of medical tests Shehbaz was discharged. 

A special medical board headed by the executive director of the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences is currently conducting his treatment on a court order.

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the PML-N leader last year in money laundering and assets beyond means case. He has been on judicial remand.

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