GUJRANWALA, March 8: A former provincial minister, Sheikh Ijaz Ahmad, was shifted to the Lahore General Hospital on Saturday from the district jail on the recommendations of a medical board as he was reportedly suffering from psychological problem.

An MPA from Sialkot, Sheikh Ijaz, was facing various criminal cases.

The jail authorities contacted the DHQ Hospital administration for his treatment. But there was no psychologist in the hospital.

Jail authorities shifted him after taking approval from the government.