We prepared Nawaz Sharif’s platelet report at home: Faisal Vawda

Senator Faisal Vawda has revealed another piece of inside information from the time of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) government, alleging that party members prepared the medical reports of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif.

"We were sitting at home and preparing Nawaz Sharif's platelet report," the former PTI leader claimed, referring to the 2019 medical reports of the then-imprisoned Sharif, which stated that he was suffering from a "serious immune disorder" after which he had fled to England for treatment.

A six-member medical board, headed by Services Hospital Principal Ayaz Mahmood, had reportedly diagnosed the cause of Sharif's declining health as "acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets."

Vawda, however, has now questioned Nawaz's medical reports. He also taunted former PML-N leader Muhammad Zubair, saying, "We did you a favour at that time. At least be thankful for that."

PML-N member Javed Latif contradicted Vawda's claim, saying, "The first thing I need to clarify is that General Pasha, General Zaheer, General Raheel Sharif, General Faiz, and General Bajwa all conspired against Nawaz Sharif by propping up Saqib Nisar.

"Secondly, Vawda stated that the PML-N government couldn’t stand against the establishment because it was already in bad condition. I want to point out that after the 8 February election results, we couldn’t get a simple majority. So who supported us? Now, after seeking our cooperation, they will taunt us for being in a bad condition?"

Anchor Kamran Shahid asked former minister Latif whether Vawda's claims about Nawaz's medical reports were true, to which he replied, "It is completely a lie."

These claims, however, are not new. "This is not something that I'm saying for the first time; I've said it before in cabinet meetings as well," he recalled.

Vawda has also recently hinted at the "removal of one of the provincial governors very soon."

"A provincial governor will be in troubled waters soon, and his time is up," he said on Aiteraz Hai on ARY News last Friday, without naming the person in question.

"The governor in question has been selling his name, making money, and telling lies. Now, his turn has come, and he has to go home soon," he added.

Vawda further strongly criticised the country’s provincial government, saying, "Apart from Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, no CM is even capable of writing a paragraph in English."