Ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif gets bail on medical grounds

A Pakistani court has granted three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif bail on medical grounds in a corruption case, as the ailing political leader receives treatment for a serious immune disorder, according to doctors and party leaders.

Sharif, 69, is being treated at a government-run hospital in the eastern city of Lahore, where medical tests suggest he has a dangerously low count of blood platelets, Talal Chaudhry, a senior leader of Sharif's PML-N party, said.

On Friday, a court granted Sharif bail in a corruption investigation related to a sugar mill owned by his family, although he remains in custody based on a conviction in a separate corruption case.

An Islamabad court will rule on his bail application in that case on Tuesday. _Agencies

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