Interior ministry asks for details of Nawaz’s medical treatment in UK

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reject former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s request for passport renewal and also sought details from the PML-N supremo of his medical treatment in the UK.

In the letter, the interior ministry said that the former prime minister is an absconder and a fugitive, who is a fugitive in the Toshakhana reference and a reference filed by NAB, has fled the courts after his bail– granted by the Lahore High Court (LHC) expired.

In the letter, the interior ministry sought the following details from Sharif:

(a) Current diagnosis by the medical doctors;

(b) Name and address of doctors under whom [Nawaz Sharif is] receiving medical treatment;

(c) Copies of all the medical reports, including tests, undertaken in the UK with results of the tests;

(d) Details of treatment (if any) received in the UK hospitals;

(e) Details of ongoing treatment (if any);

(f) Details of payments made for medical treatment in the UK; and

(g) Dates of visits and consultations made with doctors in the UK.