<p>As the date of return of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif drew closer, a medical report on his health on Friday showed that he still had “some residual anginal symptoms” which would require “frequent follow-up investigations” in London and Pakistan.</p>.<p>Nawaz, 73, is expected to return to Pakistan on October 21 after about four years of self-imposed exile in London where he has been living since November 2019 when he went there for medical treatment.</p>.<p>A medical report signed by Professor Carlo Di Mario, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust, was submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday.</p>.<p>Mario said that he had previously followed Nawaz — who had previously undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, multiple angioplasties and ablations — throughout his stay in London.</p>.Pakistan’s foreign debt ratio shoots up amid ongoing economic crisis: Report.<p>“We first tried medical treatment, strengthening his antianginal therapy. His persistent anginal symptoms and restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 epidemic precluded a safe return of (Nawaz) to Pakistan,” he said.</p>.<p>The cardiologist said that when Nawaz’s symptoms “worsened”, another angioplasty was conducted in November 2022 which targeted an “occluded left circumflexed artery”.</p>.<p>“It required rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, and multiple stents deployed and expanded under IVUS (Intravascular ultrasound) guidance.</p>.<p>“(Nawaz) Sharif still has some residual anginal symptoms due to diffuse distal coronary disease in a patient with diabetes and multiple other comorbidities that would require frequent follow-up investigations both in London and Pakistan,” he said.</p>.<p>The development comes ahead of Sharif’s planned return to Pakistan, which, according to Shehbaz, is on October 21.</p>.<p>Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Party leaders say Nawaz will secure protective bail ahead of his scheduled arrival and he will surrender to court in the Al Azizia corruption case after addressing the nation at a rally at the Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, on October 21.</p>.<p>The PML-N supreme leader had left for London in November 2019 on ‘medical grounds’ after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week bail.</p>.<p>He had been serving a seven-year jail term at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case before securing bail for his treatment abroad.</p>.<p>PML-N president and former premier Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that all preparations have been finalised to welcome his elder brother back to Lahore.</p>.<p>He said Nawaz would return and steer the country out of the economic crisis. He said Nawaz will be PML-N's candidate for the slot of prime minister.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the end of January 2024 for holding of general elections.</p>
<p>As the date of return of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif drew closer, a medical report on his health on Friday showed that he still had “some residual anginal symptoms” which would require “frequent follow-up investigations” in London and Pakistan.</p>.<p>Nawaz, 73, is expected to return to Pakistan on October 21 after about four years of self-imposed exile in London where he has been living since November 2019 when he went there for medical treatment.</p>.<p>A medical report signed by Professor Carlo Di Mario, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust, was submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday.</p>.<p>Mario said that he had previously followed Nawaz — who had previously undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, multiple angioplasties and ablations — throughout his stay in London.</p>.Pakistan’s foreign debt ratio shoots up amid ongoing economic crisis: Report.<p>“We first tried medical treatment, strengthening his antianginal therapy. His persistent anginal symptoms and restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 epidemic precluded a safe return of (Nawaz) to Pakistan,” he said.</p>.<p>The cardiologist said that when Nawaz’s symptoms “worsened”, another angioplasty was conducted in November 2022 which targeted an “occluded left circumflexed artery”.</p>.<p>“It required rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, and multiple stents deployed and expanded under IVUS (Intravascular ultrasound) guidance.</p>.<p>“(Nawaz) Sharif still has some residual anginal symptoms due to diffuse distal coronary disease in a patient with diabetes and multiple other comorbidities that would require frequent follow-up investigations both in London and Pakistan,” he said.</p>.<p>The development comes ahead of Sharif’s planned return to Pakistan, which, according to Shehbaz, is on October 21.</p>.<p>Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Party leaders say Nawaz will secure protective bail ahead of his scheduled arrival and he will surrender to court in the Al Azizia corruption case after addressing the nation at a rally at the Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, on October 21.</p>.<p>The PML-N supreme leader had left for London in November 2019 on ‘medical grounds’ after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week bail.</p>.<p>He had been serving a seven-year jail term at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case before securing bail for his treatment abroad.</p>.<p>PML-N president and former premier Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that all preparations have been finalised to welcome his elder brother back to Lahore.</p>.<p>He said Nawaz would return and steer the country out of the economic crisis. He said Nawaz will be PML-N's candidate for the slot of prime minister.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the end of January 2024 for holding of general elections.</p>