Nawaz files another plea for bail on medical grounds.

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the grant of bail on medical grounds.

The incarcerated prime minister moved the IHC through his counsel Khawaja Haris.

Nawaz is currently serving a seven-year jail term after being proven guilty in Al-Azizia reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The NAB chairman, Kot Lakhpat jail superintendent and the accountability court have been made respondents in the bail plea, while the recommendations of the specialist doctors hailing from the United Kingdom and the United States have also been attached with the plea.

"Nawaz facing life threats owing to his worsening health and his treatment is not possible in the prison," the doctors said in their report filed with the bail plea.

The former premier wanted to get himself treated...