Sikandar mentally fit, cannot be discharged yet: PIMS spokesperson

Dr Ayesha dismisses all rumours about Sikandar fleeing the hospital.

ISLAMABAD: The perpetrator behind the Islamabad standoff, Muhammad Sikandar, is mentally fit but not physically well, hence cannot be discharged from the hospital as yet, PIMS Hospital Deputy Executive Director and spokesperson Dr Ayesha said on Saturday, Express News reported.

While talking to the media, Dr Ayesha said that Sikandar’s wounds are healing fast and so far no infection has been detected.

His leg is still fractured and it might take another five months; the team that conducted his surgery is examining him daily, she added.

She also said that Sikandar is stable enough to get his statement recorded.

She dismissed all the rumours about Sikandar fleeing the hospital.

The man armed with two sub-machine guns and accompanied with a woman and two children, whom he claimed were his wife and children, had driven into the middle of the Constitution Avenue on Thursday evening where he fired on the police and started a stand off.

The stand off ended after almost six hours when Pakistan People’s Party leader Zamrud Khan approached and tried to grab him, resulting in exchange of firing from both sides. The commandos fire hit him in the chest and leg.