Nawaz's condition stable, under control: NAB.

LAHORE -- After former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was shifted to Services Hospital late on Monday night, the National Accountability Bureau said his condition was "under control" and dengue test results were negative.

In a press release issued by NAB Lahore following the former premier's visit to the hospital, the accountability watchdog said that Nawaz's platelets had decreased "allegedly due to provision of medicine which makes blood thin that was suggested by Dr Adnan Khan, who is his personal physician".

The accountability watchdog said Nawaz had been shifted to Services Hospital for a complete medical check and in order to increase his platelet levels.

"A team of doctors have been deputed to provide him round the clock medical facilities without fail," the press release stated, adding that his physician had spent three hours with Nawaz on Monday.

"Therefore, the impression being given in media that NAB has not given him permission to see Nawaz Sharif is not correct and totally baseless. Media is requested to kindly avoid spreading speculations without consulting [NAB's] spokesman," the bureau clarified.

Following his arrest in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, the former premier Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had been shifted from Kot Lakhpat jail (where he is serving seven-year imprisonment in Al-Azizia case) to NAB's Lahore building. The bureau obtained his physical remand till Oct 25.

On Monday evening, Dr Adnan Khan had raised alarm about the former premier's...