Amraiz Khan
Lahore
The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday refused to extend the bail of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London for medical treatment. Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat has announced not to accept Nawaz’s plea for extension in bail. The provincial minister said that Nawaz Sharif has failed to submit required medical reports to the board and committee. Haven’t received any satisfactory reply from the ex-premier despite passage of sixteen weeks, he stated. The minister further said that Nawaz Sharif has not been admitted to any hospital yet for proper medical treatment. Basharat said that Nawaz has been given 16 weeks to seek treatment in London, yet he was never admitted in a hospital.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Raja Basharat said the government has repeatedly asked the PML-N leader to furnish his reports. “He has not been admitted to any hospital since he went to London for treatment. We have repeatedly asked his physician Dr Adnan Khan about the cardiac procedure. Dr Adnan failed to give any particular date and said we have lined up this in the next couple of weeks,” Basharat said.
“The Islamabad High Court had given eight weeks to Nawaz. In the last 16 weeks we have not received any new reports from London,” he added. The Punjab law minister continued that a special board was constituted by the chief minister which kept requesting for new reports to be sent. “No new reports were sent to despite multiple requests,” Basharat said, adding that some reports were received which were not satisfactory.“After seven to eight observations, the board asked for new reports, however, the response we received from them was that the reports that had already been sent were conclusive and a decision should be taken on them,” he noted.
