'Platelet count not provided': Punjab government asks Nawaz to submit complete medical report.

LAHORE -- The Punjab home department on Tuesday penned a letter to former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif asking him to submit updated medical reports to provincial authorities in relation to a bail plea filed by the former premier.

Earlier this month, Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid had said that the relief granted to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for medical treatment abroad had expired and he should submit an updated report regarding his health to the provincial authorities.

On December 25, the former premier's legal team had submitted a report to authorities in Pakistan detailing the health of the former premier and asked the court to extend his bail on medical grounds.

"The report does not mention anything new related to the treatment being accorded to Nawaz Sharif," Rashid told reporters subsequently. "We have written to the home department that we cannot give any opinion on the report," she added.

In the letter written to the former premier on Tuesday, the Punjab home department directed Sharif to submit updated medical reports to the department within three days. "Medical reports should be submitted so the...