The convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif underwent several medical tests at the Services Hospital Lahore on Sunday as prescribed by the medical board formed to examine his deteriorating health. A six-member medical board examined Sharif and conduct his blood and sugar, CT Scan and ultra-sound tests as well as electro-cardiography (ECG).

The board is yet to decide whether to keep Sharif in the hospital or release him while a request for a cardiac examination has been sent to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). Sharif was shifted to Services Hospital, Lahore from Kot Lakhpat Jail on Saturday amid tight security on the recommendation of a special medical board constituted by the Punjab government to examine his health condition where he was examined by a three-member medical board.

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