Bilawal departs for Dubai after Zardari undergoes surgery

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has reached Dubai after his father and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari underwent surgery, ARY News reported on Sunday.

According to details, former president Asif Ali Zardari underwent a surgery in a private hospital in Dubai. The PPP co-Chairman was admitted to a hospital for the last two days due to ill health.

The former president’s physician Dr Asim Hussain is also accompanying him. Asif Zardari – who did not attend the coalition parties meeting – will spend few days in Dubai due to surgery.

Earlier in March, Prime Minister (PM) chaired an important meeting of the coalition parties, which continued at the Prime Minister (PM) House for six hours.

The coalition government termed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ‘a gang of militants’ trained by banned outfits, vowing to take stern action against under the law.

During the meeting, the overall economic, political and internal, external situation of the country and peace and security were reviewed in detail.

The participants were briefed in detail about the economy, revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Programme and measures taken by the prime minister for relief to the public.

The coalition leaders, in a joint statement, strongly condemned “attacks and torture of police and Rangers on the orders of PTI Chairman Imran Khan” and said strong action would be taken against those who had violated the law.

It was stated that the whole nation saw that PTI “was not a political party but was a gang of militants trained by banned outfits” and all evidence and proofs were available about it, so it was decided that action would be taken according to the law.