Nawaz Sharif's hospital ward declared sub-jail

Ailing Nawaz Sharif's hospital ward has been declared as a sub-jail, a day after the former Prime Minister was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences following health complications. 

A media report said today, Sharif, was shifted to the Cardiac Centre of the country's top hospital in Islamabad after his health deteriorated due to heart trouble in the Adiala Jail in



Rawalpindi. 

The three-time Pakistan premier is serving a 10-year jail term in a corruption case over his family's purchase of luxury apartments in London. He has been lodged in the Adiala Jail since July 13.

A notification issued by the office of the Islamabad chief commissioner said that the private ward will serve as sub-jail until the time Sharif is kept there for medical treatment.