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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif falls sick in jail, moved to hospital

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo by: Tolga AKMEN/AFP)

By: Eastern Eye Staff

FORMER Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, jailed earlier this month over graft charges, has fallen sick inside prison and is being moved to hospital, a minister said Sunday (29). Sharif and his daughter were jailed on July 13 after a graft court sentenced them to 10 and seven years respectively over properties in Britain which emerged in the wake of Panama Papers revelations. Caretaker home minister for Punjab province Shaukat Javed said on state-run Pakistan Television that doctors had advised his transfer to hospital after an electrocardiogram had shown “variations”. “How many days he stays in hospital depends on doctors,” Javed said, adding…

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