While the treatment of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is underway here in the Services Hospital, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid claimed that the former premier was now responding to the treatment and expressed satisfaction with the medical care that was being extended to him. Talking to media, here on Friday, Dr Yasmin Rashid said that Nawaz's platelet count has reached 22,000 in fresh medical test reports.

"I personally visited Nawaz, discussed everything with him; I will never lie to you; had he not expressed his satisfaction, I would not have said this to you," she said, adding:

"We told Nawaz that if he wanted us to call a doctor from abroad, the chief minister has a plane ready and we will bring the doctor to Pakistan. We are sharing all his reports with his personal physician."

She also expressed her best wishes for Nawaz Sharif and prayed for his early recovery. "I have been working with blood disorders all my life I am very hopeful that this problem will be resolved," she said.

Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the head of the medical board Dr Ayaz Mahmood had appeared before the Lahore High Court (LHC) while another member Dr Saleem Cheema appeared before the Islamabad High Court, for hearings of separate bail pleas filed for Nawaz's release in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case and Al Azizia reference respectively. Both doctors had submitted the former premier's medical reports in the high courts.

"The technical board has submitted the report. Even I have not seen it because I believe in confidentiality," she said.

On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb told media that the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is in serious condition due to low platelet count.

She maintained that Nawaz Sharif's health is foremost priority, but it is regrettable that rumours are being spread that the PML-N supremo is going abroad. The government spokespersons are playing dirty politics, she stressed.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019