Judge suffers cardiac arrest in court

HYDERABAD: A civil judge and judicial magistrate in Dadu district suffered a cardiac arrest during court proceedings on Monday. He was immediately rushed to Civil Hospital where doctors saved his life. The doctors told local media that civil judge and Judicial Magistrate Syed Karam Ali Shah was already suffering from a heart complication. Several judges also visited him in the hospital. Electricity supply was suspended during the judge’s recovery and the hospital’s power generator did not start, drawing the rebuke of the judges to civil surgeon, Abdul Hameed Mirani.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 1^st, 2019.