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EX-PM Abbasi Undergoes Hernia Operation

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday underwent a hernia operation at a private hospital.

According to sources, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will stay in the hospital for seven days after the operation. The medical board has informed the government about the stay.

The PML-N leader told the court on October 28 that a medical board had advised him to have surgery.

He had requested the court to allow him to have the surgery on his own expenses from a private hospital.

Ex-PM Abbasi, who is in judicial custody in connection with an inquiry into the LNG scandal, was shifted to the hospital on November 4.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the former prime minister on July 18.