Zardari discharged from hospital but no word on return

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President Asif Ali Zardari got a clean bill of health from his physicians on Wednesday and was discharged from hospital to move to his Dubai residence for rest, finally putting to rest speculations about his condition. However, there was no clear word from the government whether or not the president would return and take rest at the Presidency or if he would be resting at his residence in Jumeirah, a posh residential area in Dubai.
“Actually, it has not yet been decided whether [his] rest at home will be in Dubai or in Islamabad. It depends on whether doctors permit him to travel after discharge. It should be clear tomorrow, God willing,” said Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar when asked if the president would return before December 27 to attend the death anniversary of his wife, slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The certificate issued by the American Hospital further confused the situation as it said: “All investigations were within normal range and he was kept for observation for a few more days and (he) is planned to be discharged on December 15, 2011, to rest at home as advised and to continue on his regular heart medications.” This again added to the controversy about his return, as there was no specific mention about how long he was advised to rest and whether he was in a condition to travel.

The 56-year-old Zardari had flown to Dubai on December 6 on health grounds on the insistence of his children in the midst of the memogate scandal over alleged attempts by one of his close aides to seek US help to limit the powers of the military leadership.
“Mr Asif Ali Zardari has been admitted to the American Hospital Dubai on Tuesday, 6 December 2011, with a chief complaint of left arm numbness and twitching with a transient episode of loss of consciousness that lasted for few seconds, which was witnessed,” said the certificate issued by Dr Khaldoun Taha, MD FACC, American Hospital, Dubai.
The certificate said further that upon arrival at the hospital’s Emergency Room, the president was fully awake and conscious with stable vital signs. “Given his history of heart disease, cardiac and neurological investigations were carried out which included MRI of the brain, lumbar puncture, 2-D echocardiogram, carotid Doppler and complete blood test,” said the certificate.
When Babar was asked whether the president would return home before December 27, the spokesperson said: “I can’t give a definite date of (the president’s) return to Pakistan. It would depend on the doctor’s permission to travel.”
It was also officially announced on December 6 that the president had gone to Dubai for his routine medical tests and to meet his children. Interestingly, his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was present in Pakistan when the president left for Dubai, and one of his daughters was in Britain.
The president’s close aide and his physician, Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain, repeatedly said that the president was normal at when he left for Dubai and that he would return within three to four days.
Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khurshid Shah had claimed in a TV programme on Tuesday that the president would most likely return before December 27 to attend the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. On Sunday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told BBC that the president was making “rapid improvement”, but needed rest and would take two more weeks to return.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday that President Zardari was fine. “This is his (the president’s) own country. He can return whenever he wants,” he said. Malik also said he would advise the president to take some rest.

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26 COMMENTS

  1. Thank God he is out of the woods. Alhamdolillah.

    May Allah guide him in this world and hereafter.

    May Allah give him the necessary strength to have his name cleared through the judicial process both at home and abroad. Ameen suma ameen.

    And if he is convicted may Allah give him the strength to face the consequences with courage and forbearance. Ameen

  8. Dear Mr Cheema

    Wishing some one well does not mean that we necessarily like the person. Wishing some one long life can also mean that people want the person to live and face up to his/ her misdeeds.

    There is a saying in England which I didn't intentionally use. It says," He mustn't cheat the hang man."

    We want Mr Zardari and others like him to live long and God willing the society as it is progressing should be able to hold them to account for acts of commission as well as omission.

    It is important for the corrupt to face annihilation through a civil judicial process like the cricket players who cheated. The system should be able to make example of these individuals so that others are deterred.

    Kind regards

    With best wishes

  12. HE HAS DONE SOME THING WRONG SO HE IS AFRAID OF ARRESTING ON ARRIVAL.
    WHY HE WAS TAKING OUT HAQANNI IN HIS HOLICOPTER TO DUBI
    HAQANI CAN NOT GO OUT UNLESS HE ANSWERED SUPREME COURT

  13. hahaha why is our 'president' so scared?! this kind of makes it OBVIOUS that he is somewhat involved in the memo gate scandal….bechara. if i actually had an iota of respect for him, i would have prayed for him. BUT. he is responsible for so many Pakistanis dying and suffering…that i can only hope for the most painful death for him. I'm sorry i know Allah does not approve of being unforgiving, but i think dying a 'peaceful' death in the comforts of a warm bed surrounded by your family and friends….is TOO UNFAIR in the case of mr 10%.

  20. is begarat ka bacha na wapis nai ana drama kar raha ha wahna beath ka Allah kara is ko wakaie heart attack aa jae or wohi pa mar jae…..kahna nai cahye asa but is na pakistan ka sath or pakistan ka logon ka sath jo kya ha is ka sath hona asa hi cahye ha is ki shakal dakh ka khouf ata ha harami ulad….

  22. Zardari is recovering and will be fine soon but zardari-haters illness is getting worse by the day. And they are not receiving any treatment as well. For 4 years, these people are waiting for Zardari's fall but in vain. Now we can only pray for such people. In the meantime, zardari haters should continue to watch prime time TV talk shows and read articles of Shaheen Sehbai and Ansar Abbasi & co and continue to feel that Zardari is going in the next 24 hours. If wishes were horses……..

    Mudassar Salim
    Peshawar

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