ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Former Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack in the federal capital on Saturday.
According to media reports, Abbasi was shifted to Al-Shifa Hospital after he complained of severe chest pain at his Islamabad residence.
He was immediately taken to a private hospital for treatment. Doctors later confirmed that he had suffered a cardiac episode.
Medical examinations revealed blockages in two of his coronary arteries, according to hospital sources. Cardiologists subsequently inserted two stents to restore proper blood flow.
His condition is now stable and out of danger as he remains under observation. He is expected to remain in the hospital for some time for monitoring.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took oath as PM in in 2017
A close ally of three-time former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, Abbasi, 67, took the office as prime minister in August 2017 following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Panama Papers case, in which Sharif was disqualified from office.
Abbasi, an electrical engineer by training, was educated in the United States where he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s from George Washington University in Washington, DC.
He entered politics in 1988 after the death of his father, a member of Parliament and a retired Pakistan Air Force commodore. He won the by-election for his father’s seat and went on to be elected to Parliament six times, losing only once.
Abbasi parted ways with the PML-N in 2023 and announced the formation of a new party, Awaam Pakistan, in July 2024 along with former finance minister Miftah Ismail, months after being acquitted in the LNG case.
