Ailing Nawaz rushed to hospital for check-up.

Byline: Zulqernain Tahir

LAHORE -- Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted to Services Hospital late on Monday night after his condition deteriorated which was confirmed by his fresh examination conducted by the government.

The National AccountaAbility Bureau, Lahore, took the decision to shift him to hospital for a medical check-up in light of his fresh reports. 'For the medical check-up of Nawaz Sharif, NAB is shifting him to the Services Hospital,' a bureau's spokesman said, adding doctors would decide about his admission (to the hospital).

Dr Adnan Khan, a personal physician of Mr Sharif, earlier in the evening raised an alarm about his deteriorating health, urging the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government to immediately shift him to hospital for treatment.

'Former PM #NawazSharif is detected to have critically low Platelet Count (16*10^9/L) that could be due to multiple pathologies and requires immediate in-hospital care. I have requested the authorities concerned to act in urgency,' Dr Adnan Khan tweeted after seeing the PML-N supremo at NAB's Thokar Niaz Baig office.

'Today met former PM #NawazSharif for consultation and evaluation. He's visibly unwell and has multiple serious life-threatening health issues of acute nature. I have recommended immediate hospitalisation for workup and treatment. The matter is of utmost urgency,' Dr Khan said.

A good number of workers gathered outside the NAB office late Monday evening and demanded that the authorities concerned shift their leader to hospital. They also chanted slogans in favour of Mr Sharif and placed burning tyres on a road. Some PML-N workers issued a video message to supporters to reach the NAB office to express solidarity with their leader. The bureau had to call in police to control the situation.

Following Dr Adnan's caution, PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif also issued a statement, demanding the Punjab government shift his brother to hospital without further delay. 'The medical reports of Nawaz Sharif by the government show that his condition is very serious. It is a callous attitude of the PTI government that...