Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's health has shown signs of improvement as his platelet count rose to 51,000 even though his blood pressure and sugar level is still high, according to a media report on Friday.
The 69-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, who is is admitted in Services Hospital here, was on Thursday examined by a medical board.
Sharif's platelets on Thursday increased from 35,000 to 51,000, showing improvement in his condition, the doctors said, according to Dawn.
The three-time prime minister was rushed to the hospital on Monday night from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critically low level of 2,000.
Initially, Sharif was reluctant to go to hospital. However, he agreed to get treated at the Services Hospital when his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif, who was especially called there, persuaded him, the daily said
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