... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts..., who is serving a 10-year prison sentence, has been hospitalised after suffering heart problems.
Authorities on Sunday moved Sharif from Adiala prison in Rawalpindi to the Pakistain Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) in the capital, Islamabad, on the recommendation of doctors.
Shaukat Javed, a minister for Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
province, where the prison is located, told state media that doctors had examined Sharif, 68, after he complained of chest pains and that an electrocardiogram (ECG) confirmed there were irregularities.
"How many days he stays in hospital depends on doctors," Javed said in comments broadcast by the state-run PTV channel .
Sharif's Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) party said on Twitter that the former prime minister had agreed to be treated at the hospital after consulting with his personal doctor.
Wasim Khwaja, a front man for PIMS, said Sharif was being treated in the hospital's cardiac centre and that his condition was stable.