Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Sunday said the government allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for treatment on humanitarian grounds.
In a statement issued on Sunday, she slammed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying the opposition party has made quite a fuss about the party leader’s health. “We diagnosed Nawaz Sharif’s ailments and began his treatment but he had the intention of going abroad from the start.”
“Nawaz Sharif first said he will consult his personal physician and then demanded that he be allowed to have treatment abroad,” Yasmin Rashid said, adding he declined an offer to get treatment at a private hospital in the country.
The former premier was getting treatment at Services Hospital but later shifted to Sharif City Hospital on his request, where he decided to travel abroad for treatment, she recalled.
The minister said the government had been ensuring his better treatment in the country, due to which his blood platelet count was improving, adding he flew out of the country after assuring the government and the relevant court that he would return home after treatment.
Meanwhile, to review measures to control prices of flour and sugar in the province, an important meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senior Provincial Minister for Food Abdul Aleem Khan and Chief Secretary Punjab Jawwad Rafique Malik, at the Chief Secretary’s Office here on Sunday.
The meeting deliberated on various action plans to contain the prices of flour and sugar.
Speaking at the meeting, the senior provincial minister said that the sale of 20 kg bag of flour at Rs. 860 is being ensured across the province and teams of food department and district administration are active in the field.
“The report of Bureau of Statistics also confirmed availability of flour in Punjab comparatively at lower price.” He mentioned that different prices of flour in other provinces create problems, adding that the provinces would have to take steps to ensure the same price.
