Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif suffers angina attack: Doctor

Principal Professor at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Mahmood Ayaz confirmed that former Pakistan's prime minister Nawaz Sharif suffered an angina attack on Saturday. Sharif was rushed to SIMS on Monday night after his personal physician raised an alarm about his deteriorating health.

Lahore:Nawaz Sharif suffered an angina attack on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital, a doctor said, while dismissing reports that former Pakistan's prime minister had a heart attack.

The development was confirmed by Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) Principal Professor Mahmood Ayaz to Pakistani media.

Meanwhile at the Islamabad High Court, where a request seeking Sharif's release on bail in the Al-Azizia corruption case, will be heard later in the day, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo's lawyer Khawaja Haris claimed that Sharif had suffered a 'minor heart attack' on Friday night and that his 'life is in danger'.

Also on Friday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted bail to the ailing former leader on medical grounds in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills corruption case.

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had filed the bail application for the release of his brother from the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), reported media.

Nawaz Sharif was rushed to SIMS on Monday night after his personal physician raised an alarm about his deteriorating health.

On Tuesday, doctors at the hospital had termed his condition as 'serious' despite the transfusion of three mega units of platelets within hours of his admission.

According to the medical tests carried out on Tuesday, the platelet count of the form

On Friday, Lahore High Court had granted bail to Sharif on medical grounds, in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

According to the court order, the Former Premier will have to submit two surety bonds worth PKR 10 million for release in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

On Thursday, the health of the jailed leader, who was hospitalised after being diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia, was reported to be improving.