ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The family of Senator Irfan Siddiqui has clarified that the parliamentary party leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has not been placed on a ventilator.
The family sources also revealed that Senator Siddiqui is currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to breathing difficulties
According to a press release, Senator Irfan Siddiqui has been receiving treatment at a local hospital in Islamabad for the past few days due to breathing difficulties.
Earlier today, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on his tweet published on social media platform X stated that PML-N leader Irfan Siddiiqui had been put on a ventilator after his condition had deteriorated.
“Senior politician and key PML-N leader Siddiqui is extremely unwell. He has been put on a ventilator due to severe illness,”. He prayed for the health of the senator as well.
سینئیر سیاستدان مسلم لیگ نون کے اہم رہنما سینیٹر عرفان صدیقی کی طبیعت انتہائی ناساز ہے۔ انہیں شدید علالت کے بعد وینٹیلیٹر پر منتقل کردیا گیا ہے۔اللہ کریم انہیں صحت کاملہ عطاء فرمائے ۔ pic.twitter.com/2u4qmlHFZF
— Dr. Tariq Fazal Ch. (@DrTariqFazal) November 10, 2025
The development came shortly before a session of the upper house of Parliament was slated to begin to debate the bill for the 27th Constitutional Amendment. His absence in the Senate may make things difficult for the government, which needs a two-thirds majority to pass the bill.
Siddiqui is the chairman of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the PML-N’s parliamentary leader in the Senate.
He was arrested in 2019 from his residence in Islamabad for failing to inform the police on renting out his house as per the tenancy law. Later, he was released on bail.
