Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Saturday amid strict security for a brief medical check-up after he complained about experiencing hernia pain.
The hospital sources said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice president was brought to PIMS hospital by officials of Adiala Jail. A special medical board examined the health condition of Abbasi following his complaint about having kidney, hernia and gallbladder pain. Abbasi underwent an ultrasound test over the recommendation of the medical board which has also suggested blood and urine tests. It emerged that the physicians asked Abbasi for the surgery of gallbladder, however his sugar level was declared normal. Abbasi’s blood pressure was found above the normal range, sources added.
The former prime minister was later taken to the Cardiac Centre of the hospital where the doctors conducted electrocardiography (ECG) which was also declared normal. He departed from the hospital after the completion of medical tests.
Abbasi had been arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore on July 18 in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract.