Pakistan

PTI Senator Shibli Faraz has heart attack during Senate meeting

Shibli Faraz was immediately taken to PIMS following severe pain in his chest

Zahid Gishkori June 12, 2015

Shibli Faraz and PTI chief Imran Khan. PHOTO: ONLINE

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz had a heart attack during the Senate Standing Committee meeting on Friday morning.

According to initial reports, Faraz was shifted to PIMS hospital in Islamabad after he felt severe pain in his chest.

During the Senate meeting, it was revealed that many foreign embassies are monitoring the briefing of the federal cabinet.

“Many foreign missions have the capacity to monitor meetings at Prime Minister Secretariat, a few meters away from diplomatic enclave,” Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik said.

Malik also urged the government to unblock YouTube.

“At least it should be opened for students,” he said.

Earlier during the meeting, Senate chairperson Raza Rabbani said the Pakistani Military is a truly “professional force,” one that understands that democracy is in this State's favour.

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"Those who are talking about packing up democratic setup will not be tolerated. Freedom of expression is not a license," said Rabbani.

Rabbani’s statement was in response to Senator Usman Kakar’s statement on former Inter-Services Intelligence DG Lt General Hameed Gul who called for military rule in the country.

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“Such wish is against the spirit of true democracy,” Rabbani said.

Kakar drew attention towards General Gul's statement where he asked for the Constitution to be suspended.

COMMENTS (8)

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply @Baba Jee: & PTI is a party of agencies, Gen. Ehtesham Zamir and Musharraf. You have just named a few individuals who were once part of inner circle of Musharraf. Whereas PTI is a party whose own chairman once held PTI core committee meetings inside the president house presided by the dictator Musharraf. These arguments have gone stale Baba. Come up with something new.

shahid | 9 years ago | Reply These two comments sum up the PMLN and we as a nation. Speechless.

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Baba Jee | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: Only presser conferences by Pervez Rasheed, & current Noon stalwarts who were front men of the dictator that made Sharif run to Saudi Arabia, namely Talal, Marvi & Daniyal are 'trustworthy'.

Malik Tariq | 9 years ago | Reply People like Hameed Gull are responsible for the mess and quagmire of terrorism that Pakistan has been infested with. They need to shut up and repent for their sins. Pakistan was liberated by men like Quaid e Azam, Allama Iqbal and others to be ruled by despots like Hameed Gull, who neither have vision, nor intellect, neither integrity to govern and lead this nation. Had the men in uniform listed to the legitimate orders of GG Mohd Ali Jinnah to move and consolidate their hold on Kashmir in 1848, the Kashmir issue would have been resolved then. Men like Ayub Khan thought it appropriate to obey the British General, instead of the orders of Quaid e Azam the legitimate and undisputed Givernor General of Pakistan.

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply @Ranjha @raider, It takes a bit of shame, it takes a bit of grace and it takes a bit of ethics. Courtesy Khawaja Asif

Blithe | 9 years ago | Reply Saw him on tv chat shows defending the indefensible IK - be it street thuggery or his stupid politics with TuQ. I guess he just couldn't take it anymore .

M.class | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: looking for any human in pmln

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply A son of a true democrat and a rare jewel in PTI. No wonder that Shibli Faraz just could not take the lies and deceit of his leadership anymore. May he achieve speedy recovery. Makes one wonder that a senator of PTI suffers a cardiac attack while the Senate was in session and PTI's insipid, idiotic, childish and hopeless leadership was nodding it's head like a true darbari in front of an even bigger idiot Imran Khan Niazi during a press conference that centered around election rigging. These people should have been on the side of Shibli Faraz instead of taking part in a ludicrous and as usual a disgraceful press conference by Niazi.

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