Sharif to undergo open-heart surgery in UK on Tuesday

May 28, 2016 01:58

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is in London for medical check-up, will undergo an open-heart surgery on Tuesday, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said here today.

Asif, also a confidante of 66-year-old Sharif, said doctors have advised the prime minister to undergo an open-heart surgery, following which he will be staying in the hospital for a week.

"The prime minister will travel after one week, on doctor's permission," he added. Sharif's daughter, Maryam Nawaz, confirmed on twitter that her father will undergo an open-heart surgery on Tuesday.

"Prayers are the most effective and potent medicines. Millions will pray for him so he will be fine," she tweeted. Maryam then went on to explain her father's medical condition, saying: "

In 2011 Nawaz Sharif had a cardiac procedure called 'Atrial Fibrillation Ablation', during which certain complications occurred resulting in perforation of heart which was in turn treated by open heart surgery." Therefore, Sharif had been visiting his doctor for follow up, she said.

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