KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah underwent a medical examination on Wednesday after feeling unwell.
The chief minister arrived without protocol at the National Institute of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) due to a heart ailment after feeling unwell.
Murad Ali Shah reportedly underwent CTNG and serum tests at the hospital after which he was taken back to the Chief Minister’s House. On the other hand, the spokesperson of Sindh Chief Minister said that Murad Ali Shah is at his home and is well.
Meanwhile, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) marchers and police came face to face in the red zone of Karachi outside the Chief Minister House.
Police fired teargas shells and baton-charged the protesters who earlier forced their way through the police barriers and staged a sit-in at the CM House. Authorities deployed large number of police and Rangers personnel near the CM House.
At least five activists have been arrested. MQM’s MPA Saddaqat Hussain was also been detained and was put into a police van after being dragged by the arm. The protest has caused traffic woes in and around Saddar while several roads have clogged up.
The MQM held a rally in Karachi against the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021 passed by the Sindh Assembly in December.
Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani held a press conference and blasted the MQMP and the Jamaat-e-Islami for protests against the local government law. The JI has been staging a sit-in outside the Sindh Assembly for almost a month. Transport Minister Owais Shah has said that sit-ins were disrupting life in Karachi.
He said that the government wanted to negotiate but it would not restore the local government law that was enacted by the Musharraf regime.
