KARACHI
Former president and Co-Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari was admitted to a private hospital in the port city on the advice of his doctors on Friday. The PPP co-chairperson’s personal physician Dr Asim Hussian said that the former president is not feeling well and a team of health experts is constantly monitoring him. He said the former president has undergone a medical check-up after he complained of severe back pain. “An orthopaedic surgeon is treating Asif Zardari, and he has undergone necessary medical tests,” he said. The sources added that the former president ‘fell ill due to the exertion and exhaustion from travelling for court appearances and the budget session’.
In view of his father’s illness, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has arrived in Karachi from Islamabad. The former president’s daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, along with her husband, also arrived in Karachi from Dubai.
Bilawal, during his recent address at the National Assembly, had said that Zardari had attended a budget session despite being unwell.
The former president had arrived in Karachi recently from Lahore and Islamabad. In Lahore, he had recently attended a meeting with former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi.
