Senior PTI leader and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi underwent a successful procedure to remove his gallbladder, lawyer Rana Mudassar Umer said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The senior PTI leader, incarcerated at Lahore\u2019s Kot Lakhpat Jail since 2023, was hospitalised at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute for gallbladder stone complications on October 31, his daughter Meher Bano said. She added that his condition deteriorated while imprisoned and that surgery was \u201cunavoidable\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dawn, Umer said Qureshi\u2019s gallbladder was successfully removed during the procedure.<\/p>\n
\u201cShah Mehmood Qureshi will remain under the constant supervision of doctors for a few days,\u201d he stated. \u201cShah Mehmood Qureshi has appealed to the nation to pray for his speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meher Bano also spoke to Dawn about the procedure, saying that the procedure was successful and the PTI leader is currently under observation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe size of the stone inside the gallbladder was quite large, so the surgery took longer than usual,\u201d she explained. \u201c[The doctor] performed the surgery successfully in the best possible manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meher Bano added that Qureshi\u2019s recovery will \u201ctake some time\u201d, expressing gratitude to people for their prayers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PTI stalwart Asad Qaiser, in a post on X, prayed for Qureshi\u2019s speedy recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cShah Mahmood Qureshi sahib has been enduring innocent imprisonment for the past two years due to his loyalty and steadfastness to Imran Khan\u2019s vision,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe courage, patience, resolve, and spirit with which he has borne this trial set an exemplary standard within him. I salute his steadfastness.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Qureshi was hospitalised, three former PTI leaders arrived in his hospital room at the start of November to convince him to join their \u2018release Imran Khan campaign\u2019 \u2014 a move rebuffed by the ex-FM.<\/p>\n
According to Umer, former leaders Fawad Chaudhry, Imran Ismail, and Maulvi Mahmood managed to gain access to Qureshi when he was alone in his room.<\/p>\n
\u201cShah Mahmood Qureshi was surprised to see them and immediately asked the police on duty to call his lawyer, who had left just a minute ago, and tell him some \u2018guests\u2019 had arrived,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senior PTI leader and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi underwent a successful procedure to remove his gallbladder, lawyer Rana Mudassar Umer said on Tuesday. The senior PTI leader, incarcerated at Lahore\u2019s Kot Lakhpat Jail since 2023, was hospitalised at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute for gallbladder stone complications on October 31, his daughter Meher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13516,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13514\/revisions\/13516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}