Ex-PM leaves Pakistan for medical treatment

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a prison sentence for corruption, has left the country to receive medical treatment in London.

Sharif, a three-time prime minister, has an immune system disorder and other health problems.

The Lahore high court lifted a travel ban on Saturday and the government rubber-stamped the decision on Monday.

Imran Khan’s government had been reluctant to release Sharif.

It wanted the politician who has so far served less than 12 months of a seven year prison sentence to sign an insurance bond worth 44 million dollars before allowing him to go abroad.

However, the court allowed him to travel without signing the bond.