Daily Times

Former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Tehmina Durrani has raised questions over the delay in formation of a medical board to examine the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president.

In a Twitter post on Sunday, she questioned why a medical board had not been constituted yet to examine Shehbaz.

“My visit to CM Shehbaz on Saturday disturbed me. As he is a cancer survivor, pet scans and blood tests were regularly conducted by his doctor in London. The tests taken in Islamabad showed some abnormal signs. A board of doctors was to be constituted to check them. That has still not happened. Why?” she asked.

Recent blood test reports of Shehbaz indicated signs of cancer returning. Shehbaz, a cancer survivor, underwent further tests, including a CT scan, at Poly Clinic in November. In light of the reports, doctors recommended that he be kept in an open and clean space which receives sunlight and fresh air. They also proposed a larger medical board comprising cancer experts be formed to examine him.

Shehbaz is in custody of the National Accountability Bureau since October 5 in connection to the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case.

Tehmina Durrani visited the former Punjab CM on Saturday, following which she expressed her reservations regarding her husband’s health. In a Twitter post, she questioned why a medical board had not been constituted yet to examine Shehbaz.

Published in Daily Times, December 3^rd 2018.