Pakistani official: Jailed ex-PM Sharif to be hospitalized

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Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested upon returning home from London to face a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. (Tolga Akmen/AFP) Updated 29 July 2018 AP July 29, 2018 00:00 450 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to be moved from his cell to the main hospital in Islamabad after suffering heart trouble Sharif was arrested upon returning home from London to face a 10-year prison sentence for corruption LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistani official says jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to be moved from his cell to the main hospital in Islamabad after suffering heart trouble. Shaukat Javed, home minister of Punjab province, said on Sunday that a routine cardiogram preformed on Sharif in the prison in Rawalpindi, close to the Pakistani capital, indicated the need for hospitalization. Sharif was arrested upon returning home from London to face a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. He was dismissed from office by the Supreme Court last July. He is appealing the corruption sentence. His Pakistan Muslim League party, which had run the government, lost heavily in last week’s general elections to Sharif’s longtime critic, former cricket player Imran Khan. Khan’s party came in first but now needs to form a coalition.

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