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KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) chief Pir Pagara was taken to London on Thursday by a special air ambulance, along with his physician and family members, for treatment of his infected lungs.
According to sources in Kingri House, he was given clearance by a medical board on Wednesday to undertake the journey. His son Pir Sadruddin Shah Rashdi was already in London to make necessary arrangements in a private hospital.
Moving scenes were witnessed when the spiritual leader of Hur Jamaat was being taken in an ambulance to the Karachi airport from a hospital, where he had been under treatment for a couple of weeks. Hundreds of his followers prayed for his early recovery.
The air ambulance arranged by the Hur Jamaat was brought from Dubai.
The ailing PML-F chief was accompanied by his wife, elder son Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi, physician Dr Saulat, secretary Dr Karim Mehar and adviser to the Sindh chief minister Imtiaz Shaikh.
The PPP leaders told reporters that President Asif Ali Zardari was in touch with sons of Pir Pagara and had offered government's assistance.
