DNA:June- 06, Pakistan

KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s recovery is on track, the premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz said on Sunday, nearly a week after the premier underwent surgery.

“PM’s recovery on course. Was made to walk several times in the corridor during the day, and up and down a flight of stairs twice,” Maryam tweeted.

Alhamdolillah, PM’s recovery on course. Was made to walk several times in the corridor during the day & up & down a flight of stairs twice.

Since Nawaz was hospitalised, Maryam has taken charge of media management in the Sharif camp, feeding the press updates on her father’s medical condition.

From announcing the prime minister’s decision to undergo the surgery, to tweeting his first picture after the procedure, Maryam’s Twitter feed has provided minute details about how much time the patient would spend inside the intensive care unit (ICU), as well as his tentative plans to come back home.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif underwent a successful open-heart surgery at a London hospital and was moved to an intensive care unit in a stable condition on Tuesday. He is expected to return to Pakistan before the end of Ramazan, Maryam said earlier.

“Three of his arteries were blocked. It will take five or six days for the prime minister to get discharged from the hospital and we expect that he will return home in three to four weeks,” she said on Wednesday.

Following his surgery, the premier will be overseeing the affairs of government from London.