F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Ousted premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharir on Thursday approached the Supreme Court (SC) seeking permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Nawaz’s counsel, Khawaja Hariss, filed the civil review petition against the top court’s March 26 judgment granting the former prime minister six weeks suspension of sentence on medical grounds.
The PML-N leader was awarded a seven-year imprisonment sentence by an accountability court in the Al Azizia/ Hill Metal Establishment corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau in light of the apex court’s Panamagate judgment.
An apex court bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Azmat Saeed Khosa heard an appeal submitted by Haris, seeking suspension of sentence for eight weeks on medical grounds. The bench granted a six-week suspension and allowed Nawaz to receive treatment from his personal physician but restricted him from travelling abroad.
In the petition, Nawaz maintained that given the complicated and life threatening nature of the ischemic heart disease, carotid artery disease, lymphadenopathy and renal artery stenosis coupled with co-morbid diseases including blood pressure, Type II diabetes mellitus and third-stage chronic kidney disease, the medical professionals seeing Nawaz in Pakistan recommended that he should be treated by his regular practitioners in the United Kingdom.
The petition also highlighted that the SC written order omitted verbal directives by the bench allowing Nawaz to apply for bail extension by approaching the Islamabad High Court. “It is submitted that his may be due to a typographical error but nevertheless remains an error meriting rectification in the Order dates March 26 2019.”
It prayed to the apex court to modify the March 26 verdict and allow Nawaz to travel abroad for medical treatment.
