London: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today underwent an open-heart surgery at a British hospital which his party said was "successful", the Premier's second cardiac procedure in five years.
Sharif had gone to London on May 22 for a regular medical checkup but was diagnosed with a heart complication by doctors who suggested surgery.
The 66-year-old PML-N leader was recovering after the operation at Princess Grace Hospital in London and was expected to be conscious in a few hours.
"The operation was successful and we are now just waiting for him to recover and wake up in a couple of hours," a PML-N UK spokesperson told PTI.
Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz had earlier given updates on the surgery on social media.
"By the Grace of Almighty, surgery progressing fine. Will take another couple of hours or so. Prayers doing miracles. Grafting of vessels started an hour ago," she said on Twitter.
"PM's surgery started at 8 AM UK time. Spoke to him earlier, he was in high spirits. I entrusted him to Allah," Maryam said in an earlier tweet.
This is Sharif's second cardiac procedure in five years.
The need for the surgery arose after the Premier went through a cardiac procedure called Atrial Fibrillation.
