RAWALPINID/ISLAMABAD: The team from Islamabad’s PIMS hospital found no evidence of any heart disease and problems in imprisoned Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Nehal Hashmi.
Nehal Hashmi, who was sentenced for a month and disqualified from holding public office in a contempt of court case, had complained about chest pain soon after being shifted to Adiala prison.
As his party members demanded that Hashmi be shifted to PIMS but jail authorities only shifted him to a hospital in the vicinity of prison where a two member PIMs team conducted his medical checkup.
Hashmi was punished for he had threatened the Supreme Court’s appointed Joint Investigation Team (JIT) members for interrogating Nawaz Sharif and his family members pertaining to their foreign properties.
The video of threatening speech at an event in Karachi went viral on social media and eventually drew instant reaction from the Supreme Court on May 28, 2017 after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice of the incident and summoned the former PML-N Karachi chapter leader to appear before the court.
In the video, Hashmi was seen warning opponents and officials of state institutions’ of dire consequences over conducting an investigation in line with the Supreme Court’s Panamagate verdict.
“…Currently you are on service, but tomorrow you will retire and we will make your life miserable,” Hashmi was heard in a video addressing workers at a party event. NNI
