MURREE – Former prime minister and head of the Awam Pakistan Party, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, suffered a heart attack on Saturday and underwent surgery in his hometown, Murree. According to family sources, doctors placed two stents in his heart during the procedure, and his condition has since improved.
Meanwhile, several political figures are also receiving medical treatment. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, Mian Mahmood Ur Rasheed, was admitted to Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, due to a chest infection and is undergoing diagnostic tests to determine further treatment.
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Former PTI governor Umar Sarfaraz Cheema is also hospitalized for an infection, while PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi remains under treatment at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) in Lahore.
Earlier in the evening, former PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Ismail, and Mehmood Moulvi visited Shah Mahmood Qureshi at PKLI to discuss the country’s political situation, including developments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The meeting was described as a significant political interaction amid ongoing national uncertainties.
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