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After former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted from Adiala jail to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) due to health complications late Sunday night, the Islamabad chief commissioner declared the private ward of Pims' cardiac centre — where Sharif is being treated — as sub-jail.
A notification issued by the office of the Islamabad chief commissioner — dated July 29 — said that the capital city's administration had decided to declare premises of the Pims Cardiac Centre's private ward "as sub-jail for keeping Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, convicted prisoner in NAB case with immediate effect".
The private ward will serve as sub-jail until the time Nawaz is kept there for medical treatment.
The capital's police will provide security to the convicted three-time premier, according to the notification.
Following news of Nawaz's health complications, PTI chairman Imran Khan prayed for Sharif’s recovery and directed party workers to stay away from the premises of Pims and not to hold any demonstration against the ousted premier.
Sharif, who is serving a 10-year jail term after being convicted for owning assets beyond income in the Avenfield reference, was shifted from Adiala Jail to Islamabad's Pims after developing serious cardiac complications on Sunday.
Dr Naeem Malik, head of the Pims cardiology department, had suggested that authorities shift Sharif to the hospital as his blood tests showed clotting which, according to the doctor, was an alarming sign considering his medical history. The PML-N supremo lives with diabetes and has also undergone bypass surgery. He currently takes medication for his heart condition, cholesterol and diabetes.
Sharif's personal physician also reached Adiala Jail to examine him. Later, a meeting between Sharif and his daughter Maryam and son-in-law retired Capt Mohammad Safdar took place to discuss his health condition.
Extraordinary security arrangements were made ahead of Sharif's arrival. Walk-through gates, CCTV cameras and mobile jammers were installed in the hospital, along with the deployment of security forces.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:04pm
I will request CJP to make arrangement to recover all looted money and his London property back to Pakistan as early as possible.
Do not allow him to go back to London.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:13pm
get well soon sir
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Jul 30, 2018 01:24pm
Prayer from across the border Mr ex prime minister
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Jul 30, 2018 01:34pm
Prime Minister in waiting's prayers are from an honest man. Mr Khan hates Munafqat.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:38pm
It is great to see Nawaz Sharif being treated at a Pakistani Hospital for a change !:)) WIsh him all the Health and speedy recovery !
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Jul 30, 2018 01:46pm
Get well soon Sir.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:47pm
Prayers and best wishes for Nawaz's speedy recovery.
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Jul 30, 2018 01:57pm
He is suffering from so many diseases but still continues to make Pakistanis suffer.
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Jul 30, 2018 02:24pm
Get well soon
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Jul 30, 2018 02:32pm
Get well soon Mr Nawaz Sharif and go back to Adalah jail, where you belong and serve your sentence - don't waste tax payers money that can be spend on other more important issues benefiting the needy people!
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Jul 30, 2018 02:41pm
Why is this convicted criminal getting special treatment? This VIP culture must end.
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Jul 30, 2018 02:48pm
Get well soon Mr. MNS, you are our last hope.........
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Jul 30, 2018 03:06pm
Why is there not an external, independent physician conducting these health assessments? NS is being afforded privilegeds that he himself never afforded to others. Enough drama already.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:11pm
Get well soon Mr Nawaz Sharif and go back to Adalah jail, and serve your sentence there - don't waste tax payers money that can be spend on other more important issues, benefiting the needy people!
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Jul 30, 2018 03:23pm
Pray from a foreign country for your early recovery Mr. Nawaz Sharif. Your leadership always inspired me.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:30pm
Get well soon! How sad that he was sick for a while but to make sure it doesn’t upset Imran’s engineered win the authorities didn’t provide him with necessary care earlier and kept on denying that he is sick.
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Jul 30, 2018 03:30pm
Do other prisoners get the same treatment or is it just for NS ... Private sub jail at PIMs
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Jul 30, 2018 03:58pm
Payback time after what he has done to the country
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Jul 30, 2018 03:58pm
You are an established corrupt politician. However, you are a human being and we pray for your recovery.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:08pm
Get well soon Mr Nawaz Sharif and go back to Adalah prison and serve your sentence there - your jail mates are missing you and want you back. Do not waste tax payers money that could be spent on important issues, benefiting poor people and fulfilling their basic needs!
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Jul 30, 2018 04:09pm
Get well soon MNS, so you can spend the rest of the time in Adiala, and so the nation can also start the process to get our looted money back.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:25pm
Well then why not let him go to his London flats and give that residence of his the status of sub jail.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:40pm
Get well soon and take him back to jail please.
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Jul 30, 2018 04:57pm
Mr. Sharif, who has spent his life a wealthy king, therefore, there is every likelihood that he will be given passage to escape to a foreign country on health reasons. He will stay there as long as the circumstances require him, however, he will come back, once a conducive environment is created for him in the country.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:17pm
What about thousands who are suffering and dying on the hospital floor if lucky are sharing 3 beds on one patient. I see it each day as a volunteer. It's down right pathetic. Nawaz with decades of rule is seeing the reality first hand but still 1000 times better than whats going on in my village hospital. Grand looter like Zardari and his kids now running Sindh like a family land.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:18pm
Under present circumstances, the entire country is an undeclared sub-jail!
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Jul 30, 2018 05:22pm
Very sad to hear. But there are so many prisoner suffering from difference disease in jail, they are also human being.
A thief of Rs 1000 is treated badly then thief of Billion Rs.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:33pm
Transferring Nawaz Sharif to PIMS is a waste of public money. He should have been treated in the jail by the jail doctor.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:34pm
Get well soon Mian Saheb so that you can be sent back to jail as soon as possible.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:35pm
Why do politicians always play the sick card to try and get out of jail? All convicts should be given the same treatment to be fair and just.
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Jul 30, 2018 05:42pm
Please give him the full treatment required that is needed and he deserves in the JAIL, just like other prisoners are treated for similar cases. Thank you.
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Jul 30, 2018 06:11pm
It is such a wonderful country that CONVICTs get transferred to private wards in hospitals due to ill health.
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Jul 30, 2018 06:31pm
If he is ill - it’s tough luck - no special treatment for the person who has looted Pakistan’s money through which thousands of people including children have died because of lack of fundamental medical facilities in Pakistan... he wanted to be PM, with that comes responsibility so he has to take it on the chin...
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Jul 30, 2018 06:57pm
Get Well Soon!
Adyala misses you
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Jul 30, 2018 07:03pm
While I wish Nawaz good health, but I also want that he should be provided the same care that is available to the other inmates. For a convicted person, there should not be a 'VIP Convict' status.
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Jul 30, 2018 07:15pm
Get well soon and give us back our money.
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Jul 30, 2018 07:27pm
Am in opposition to his corruption, but wish him a recovery.
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Jul 30, 2018 07:27pm
We pray for his recovery and his wife's.
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Jul 30, 2018 07:49pm
Better to be in the hospital rather than Adiala Jail. Stay there Ex PM till your prison time will over. Now its PTI ‘s term to loot Pakistan along with establishment.
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Jul 30, 2018 07:50pm
A respectable move by PM Elect IK towards NS. That is leadership. Thank you.
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Jul 30, 2018 08:00pm
Get well soon and go back to jail, your permanent home.
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Jul 30, 2018 08:09pm
He has to live to see how the nation is governed under IK and take a lesson or two.
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Jul 30, 2018 08:55pm
NRO on its way. He will be a free man soon. Just like Asif Zardari. Long live democracy in our country.
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Jul 30, 2018 08:56pm
Get well soon Mr Nawaz Sharif, you have to fight Pakistan army establishment to save democracy in Pakistan.
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Jul 30, 2018 09:01pm
What a shame, for a convict all general population decent people will face a mobile phone jam at a hospital where people do need to contact family on an urgent basis.
SHAME SHAME SHAME
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Jul 30, 2018 09:17pm
Imran Khan is praying for Sharif’s recovery so he can serve all ten years.
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Jul 30, 2018 09:37pm
As soon as he reaches London , he will get well I am sure that is the next step in this charade , Pakistan has not learn't it's lesson and never will ! justice is only for the poor and the small provinces, a very unsustainable model !
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Jul 30, 2018 09:42pm
Get well soon sir, so that you can go back, where your place is.
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Jul 30, 2018 09:50pm
He can only get well if he returns all the looted money and say goodbye to playing dirty politics.
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Jul 30, 2018 09:58pm
Will he live there till completion of his sentences like Zardari and enjoy life?
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Jul 30, 2018 10:24pm
get well soon and get back to Adilah
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Jul 30, 2018 10:41pm
Why Mr Nawaz sharif is being treated different from thousands of other criminals in the jail? do they also get medical board? do they also get all this protocol if they get sick! Nawaz is a criminal he should spend 10 years in JAIL as any other criminal. He should taste his own medicine.
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Jul 30, 2018 10:41pm
get well soon and go back to Adyala Jail!
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Jul 30, 2018 10:52pm
How come these guys don’t get sick as often when are in power???
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Jul 30, 2018 11:07pm
This is step one....step two is to move to London hospital.....money works wonders in Pakistan
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Jul 30, 2018 11:32pm
Get well soon and serve your term in jail.
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Jul 31, 2018 12:27am
Law should be same for all. Why is he getting special privileges when other prisoners are not?
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Jul 31, 2018 12:30am
We, PTI supporters, while we have our political differences, still want good health for our ex-Prime Minister. Humanity is very important and none of us should lose it. Please get well soon Mr. Nawaz Sharif.
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Jul 31, 2018 12:35am
Soon he will fly for a coronary angiography test in UK.
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Jul 31, 2018 12:59am
All those symptoms reflect that he has not watched his diet nor exercised during his entire life. These things catch up with you in latter years of your life. He likely won't survive 10 years in prison.
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Jul 31, 2018 01:13am
This is too much of an expense for the Pakistani tax payers.
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Jul 31, 2018 01:37am
where is my comment? freedom of speech dawn?
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Jul 31, 2018 02:12am
Get well soon and please don’t pass away before returning our money from Swiss banks.
Thank you - a well wisher.
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Jul 31, 2018 04:31am
Get Well soon LUCKY
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Jul 31, 2018 04:34am
Nawaz Sharif Sahib should go to U.K. for his medical treatment, if he wants to stay alive.
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Jul 31, 2018 04:55am
Mr Nawaz Sharif must be released on parole.
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Jul 31, 2018 05:20am
What does it even mean "declared a sub jail"? You can put a convicted criminal into a comfy room or a house or a palace for that matter and call it a "sub jail"! Travisty of justice.
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Jul 31, 2018 07:20am
POWER vs LIFE. NS is believed to be seriously ill and had to be shifted to PIMS Islamabad from Adyala Jail. But I regret it most to say that his younger brother SS also very much in Islamabad instead of visiting NS in PIMS is meeting political leaders in an attempt to get his son Hamza as CM. Lust of power has overshadowed the moral principles to be honest. Who differs with me? Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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Jul 31, 2018 10:06am
Nawaz out of habit is again acting as if he was in London. Nawaz should be held responsible if any harm comes to the Doctor who had a heart attack. This clearly indicates that Doctor was exposed to undue pressure by minions of Nawaz and Mamnoon Hussain who used Governor House as Marriage Hall for his family function.
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