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Musharraf rushed to ICU after high BP, discharged

Kashmir Times. Dated: 2/12/2016 12:15:55 PM

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11(Agencies): Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday rushed to the ICU of a naval hospital here after he developed high blood pressure and fainted.
The 72-year-old ex-commando-turned-politician was admitted to the Pakistan Navy Ship Shifa or PNS Shifa, a multi-speciality naval medical treatment facility d) Pervez Musharraf on Thursday shifted to PNS Shifa hospital where his medical tests were carried out and later he was discharged.
Sources said Gen. Musharraf was sitting with family at his home in Karachi — where he lives with his daughter to seek medical treatment for a spinal condition — when he fainted.
However, Aasia Ishaq of his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) party said there was “nothing serious” about Musharraf’s condition.
“There is nothing serious with him as it was only high blood pressure. He is getting treatment in hospital.” Last month, Musharraf was acquitted by an anti-terrorism court in the 2006 murder case of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the first major relief to the ex-military ruler entangled in several high-profile cases.
In January, 2014, Musharraf suffered a “severe heart attack” on his way to a special court to face the high treason charges following which he was admitted to an army hospital.
Brig (retd) Akhtar Zamin, spokesman of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), said Pervez Musharraf was taken to the hospital after he complained of high blood pressure.
He was also kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for sometime while reports of the tests were being prepared.
The spokesman said the initial reports of the tests came out clear and the former president was later discharged from the hospital.
Ealier, Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s personal physicians were also called to the hospital for consultation.