KARACHI – The first swine flu death of 2011 in the city was confirmed on Saturday. According to sources at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), Iftikharullah, 34, a resident of North Nazimabad, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with high fever, body ache, flu and some respiratory problems.
His blood samples were sent to the Civil Hospital Karachi and the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH); however, he died on Saturday at the ASH, and the AKUH confirmed that he was suffering from swine flu. Sources said Iftikharullah was the night shift security in-charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters, Nine Zero.
