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Naseer Soomro hospitalised

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published December 21, 2018

KARACHI: The country’s tallest person, Naseer Soomro, has been admitted to a private hospital in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, where doctors termed his condition critical, family sources said on Thursday.

They said that the 7-foot 9-inch tall man was being treated at the intensive care unit of the health facility. The 43-year-old who originally hails from Shikarpur is an employee of the Pakistan International Airlines and the spokesman for the national flag carrier said that it was taking care of all his medical expenses.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2018

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