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Doctors at the Sharif Medical City (SMC) on Tuesday examined former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. — Reuters/File
Doctors at the Sharif Medical City (SMC) on Tuesday examined former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. — Reuters/File
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LAHORE: Doctors at the Sharif Medical City (SMC) on Tuesday examined former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

Speaking to reporters after conducting checkup, Mr Sharif’s personal physician Dr Adnan Khan said pacemaker should be implanted in his body permanently to regulate his heartbeat.

“The roadmap for his health has not yet finalised. We cannot tell how long his treatment will continue,” he said.

Mr Sharif was released from the Kot Lakhpat jail on March 27 in Al-Azizia Steel Mills case after the Supreme Court granted him bail for six weeks allowing him to get medical treatment from doctors of his choice in the country.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2019

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M.Mudassir Siddiqui
Apr 10, 2019 10:55am
cannot trust
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Gordon D. Walker
Apr 10, 2019 11:10am
Pacemaker... Is there a doctor in London that could install this device? Gordon D. Walker Canada
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SAK
Apr 10, 2019 11:17am
Such like excuses will keep surfacing till prison period is not over.
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Khalil
Apr 10, 2019 11:19am
Permanent pacemaker can be inserted as a day case and is not a big deal.
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TN
Apr 10, 2019 11:38am
A real Drama maker...............
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Saif Zulfiqar
Apr 10, 2019 12:05pm
Nawaz is ready to die but will not tell the truth about looting Pakistan in this life.
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M. Saeed
Apr 10, 2019 12:36pm
The prescribed procedure would demand his sure visit abroad.
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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani
Apr 10, 2019 01:49pm
Implanting pacemaker is a minor routine procedure that can be done in Pakistan, but Nawaz Sharif will use this an excuse to travel to London and probably will not come back. In simple words, he is saying 'catch me if you can' and bye bye Pakistan. Don't let him get away using his minor health issue as an excuse to avoid serving his jail sentence - set an example, otherwise, people like Asif Zardari will use such excuses in the future. (Gharib Awam ki Awaz).
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Vikas
Apr 10, 2019 01:49pm
Good now the same doctor must prescribe a peace maker for PMIK. That will set Pakistan on a better path.
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Kashif Sekha
Apr 10, 2019 02:21pm
Nawaz can. Have 10 pace makers but only after he returns looted wealth. Dramas on.mefical grounds be stopped. convicted person cannot even think.of treatment outside Jail. PM and Judiciary already given in to convict. They hot be strict on line with other convicts.
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Ahsan Gul
Apr 10, 2019 03:59pm
Big time crook supported by crook doctors. Of course those doctors were beneficiaries of his looted benevolence. Put him back in jail unless he is ready to return the loot.
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NACParis
Apr 10, 2019 04:48pm
Why doesn't he stop this drama, refund the looted wealth and leave the nation in peace
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Concerned
Apr 10, 2019 08:04pm
He needs to be sent UK immediately no one in Pakistan can implant peacemaker a statement you will hear soon
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M. Saeed
Apr 10, 2019 09:40pm
Let the courts decide if our experts are good enough to install pacemakers with enough guarantees.
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Parvez
Apr 11, 2019 12:36am
I today's day and age of advanced medical treatment ...... this can only be termed as high political DRAMA bordering on the ridiculous.
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moeazze
Apr 11, 2019 03:28am
Big deal. These days this is a very easy and common procedure. can be done in Pakistan and no need to go to London.
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Ahsan Gul
Apr 11, 2019 03:38am
He should not be allowed to leave. He was the most incompetent and corrupt person that Pakistan will ever see.
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Imran
Apr 11, 2019 03:48am
Dont worry folks, I have been working to alert GMC and the private doctors authority in UK who could potentially do it....it is a crime in UK now to engage in any financial dealing with anyone who has committed/suspected of money laundering....this man is a convicted criminal....no professional would touch him with a barge pole even if he offers them a billion dollars.....wait and see.
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Saad Khan
Apr 11, 2019 05:23am
@Concerned , None in the History of the World, a prisoner was sent to another country for treatment, and he is a prisoner.
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