Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and former Sindh minister Rauf Siddiqui was rushed to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Karachi after he suffered chest pain.
The MQM-P leader was rushed to the hospital from the court, where he appeared for a hearing.
According to the NICVD spokesperson, Rauf Siddiqui suffered cardiac arrest and later underwent angioplasty during which a stent was inserted into his heart.
The former minister was put on a ventilator as his lungs were filled with water after a heart attack.
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The former minister is now stable and he will be shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a while, the NICVD spokesperson said.
Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.
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