After a delay of several days, ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif finally departed this morning for London from Lahore for medical treatment.
An air ambulance arrived in Lahore from Qatar to shift the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) to London. The doctors treating Nawaz have provided necessary medicines to enable him to travel. Nawaz will be shifted to the Harley Street Clinic in London immediately after landing at London.
According to immigration sources, Nawaz’s medical files were handed over to the team traveling with the former prime minister in the air ambulance. Doctors also conducted blood tests prior to the departure.
Party leaders, including Khawaja Asif and Ahsan Iqbal, were also present to see off the leader.
The former premier’s mother, other family members and his daughter Maryam — who surrendered her passport to secure her release in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case earlier this month — bid farewell to him at the house. A large number of supporters and workers had gathered outside Jati Umra since morning prior to Nawaz’s departure.
