Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was released from a jail here in the early hours of Wednesday after the Supreme Court granted him bail for six weeks on medical grounds.
On Tuesday, a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice ofPakistan Asif Saeed Khosa accepted Sharif’s appeal and allowed him to getmedical treatment from any health facility of his choice within the country.Sharif is barred from leaving Pakistan.
The former prime minister’s supporters and his party PML-Nworkers gathered in large numbers outside the Kot Lakhpat Jail and showeredSharif’s car with flowers as he left the area.
The three-time prime minister was received by PML-N leadersand his family at his house in the Jati Umra Raiwind area here.
The Supreme Court observed in its order that several seniordoctors had suggested that Sharif’s history of hypertension, cardiac and renalailments may present a “mild-moderate risk” if he is to undergoangiography.
Therefore, granting him relief for a limited period is a “reasonable” request, the top court said.
M ZULQERNAIN