Boston Globe: Health of jailed former Pakistan leader declines

Boston Globe: Health of jailed former Pakistan leader declines
Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)
Updated 24 July 2018 20:03
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Boston Globe: Health of jailed former Pakistan leader declines

Boston Globe: Health of jailed former Pakistan leader declines

July 24: Boston Globe states that the political party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister asked authorities on Monday to urgently move Nawaz Sharif to a hospital, saying that his health was deteriorating rapidly, and that he needed to be treated by his own doctors. The request by Pervaiz Rashid, spokesman for the Pakistan Muslim League party, came shortly before a team of doctors visited the jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Sharif is detained, to examine the ousted leader.

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