Abbasi undergoes hernia surgery in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday underwent hernia surgery at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.

Abbasi, who is currently in judicial custody in connection with an on-going inquiry into the 2014 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) scam, was shifted to the hospital on Nov 4 after he complained of hernia.

The PML-N leader visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Saturday for a brief medical check-up. According to PIMS spokesperson Dr. Wasim, he underwent checkup for hernia, heart, lungs and kidney stones.

On Monday, a medical board had recommended surgery, but Abbasi was not ready to be operated at PIMS. In a turn of events, he was shifted to Shifa hospital the same day after the Punjab government granted permission to do so

'The government is pleased to accord sanction for Abbasi's shifting from Central Jail Rawalpindi to Shifa International Hospital Islamabad for 'investigation and operation/treatment of...