KARACHI: Former President and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was in critical condition at Karaqchi hospital likely to be shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for medical treatment.
Agencies reported late on Tuesday that a three-member team of doctors from UAE reached Karachi to assess the former Pakistan president’s health.
The team stayed at the private hospital for over four hours and inspected the PPP co-chairperson, said sources, adding that some of Zardari’s tests were carried out by UAE medical team. A decision to transfer the senior politician to UAE for further medical treatment on the recommendations of the medical team, say reports.
Former President Asif Zardari was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi on Sept 27 after his health deteriorated.
This is the second time that Zardari has been admitted to a hospital this year. A similar situation developed in February this year when former president Asif Ali Zardari had been admitted to a private hospital in Karachi after his health deteriorated. –Agencies
