LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain was hospitalised in London on Sunday night after his health reportedly deteriorated, the party said in a social media post.
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Doctors conducted an initial medical examination and admitted Hussain to the hospital, administering an injection, starting an IV drip, and performing a blood transfusion due to weakness, the party said. A detailed examination is scheduled for Monday, according to MQM.
ایم کیو ایم کے بانی وقائد جناب الطاف حسین کا اتوار کی شب ڈاکٹروں نے لندن کے اسپتال میں طبی معائنہ کیا، انہیں انجیکشن لگایا گیا اور جسم میں نقاہت کے پیش نظر ڈرپ چڑھائی گئی۔کل بروزپیر ڈاکٹروں کی ٹیم جناب الطاف حسین کا تفصیلی معائنہ کرے گی۔ #GetWellSoonAltafBhai
جناب الطا ف حسین… pic.twitter.com/bfEM1tofle— MQM (@OfficialMQM) February 1, 2026
تازہ ترین اپڈیٹ : ایم کیو ایم کے بانی و قائد جناب الطاف حسین کو اتوار کی شب ڈاکٹروں کے مشورے پر خون چڑھایا جارہا ہے ۔
جناب الطاف حسین کو طبیعت ناساز ہونے پر اتوار کی شام کو اسپتال میں داخل کیا گیا ہے#GetWellSoonAltafHussain pic.twitter.com/qi4wcjaPyR— MQM (@OfficialMQM) February 2, 2026
London-based senior MQM leader Mustafa Azizabadi said Hussain’s ill health is linked to “severe mental stress and staying engaged in organisational work day and night for 18 to 20 hours.” Hussain was also hospitalised twice last year — in July for severe illness and in August for flu and a chest infection. He had previously spent time in intensive care in February 2021 after contracting Covid-19.
Born on September 17, 1953, in Karachi, Hussain studied pharmacy at the University of Karachi, graduating in 1979. He co-founded the All-Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in 1978, which later evolved into MQM. Under his leadership, MQM became a dominant force in urban Sindh, particularly Karachi, and emerged as the country’s third-largest party in the 1988 general elections.
Hussain has been in self-imposed exile in London since the early 1990s. From abroad, he remained politically active, broadcasting speeches to supporters in Karachi. His political career has been controversial, with allegations of violent tactics and incendiary speeches, including one in 2016 that triggered a police crackdown and led to his party in Pakistan distancing itself from him.
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In October 2019, Hussain was charged in the UK with “encouraging terrorism” over his speeches. A 12-member jury acquitted him on both counts in February 2022, finding him not guilty under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2006.