Pak Pres
Zardari suffers heart attack, may quit: Report
Wednesday December 07, 2011 11:49:33 AM,
IANS
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Washington: Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari, who abruptly left the Pakistan capital
for Dubai, has suffered a minor heart attack and some in the US
government believe he may even resign on account of "ill-health",
a media report said.
Zardari Tuesday evening left for Dubai to visit his children and
also to undergo some medical tests, Pakistan's official news
agency Associated Press of Pakistan had reported.
Though the president's personal physician Col Salman said the
proposed medical tests are of routine nature and are linked to a
previously diagnosed cardiovascular condition, the Foreign Policy
magazine quoted a former US official as saying that parts of the
US government were informed that Zardari had a "minor heart
attack" Monday night. He had flown to Dubai via an air ambulance.
Zardari may have to undergo an angioplasty procedure Wednesday and
may also resign on account of "ill health", the media report said.
The former US government official told the website that Zardari
was "incoherent" when President Barack Obama spoke with him
regarding Nov 26 NATO's killing of two dozen Pakistani soldiers.
Zardari had planned to address a joint session of Pakistan's
parliament on a controversy over a memo to Washington that claimed
he feared a military coup after the May 2 commando operation to
kill Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Zardari has been under tremendous pressure since the memo came to
light.
"The noose was getting tighter -- it was only a matter of time,"
the former official was quoted as saying.
The ex-official noted the growing expectation inside the US
government that Zardari may be on the way out, reported Foreign
Policy.
In September, Zardari underwent an angiography at a hospital in
Britain where doctors gave him a clean bill of health.
Two surgeons from the US too were involved in the medical
check-ups along with the British doctors.
Shuja Nawaz, director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic
Council, in a Tuesday interview said a plan would see Zardari step
aside.
Nawaz said: "Unfortunately, it means that the military may have
had to use its muscle to effect change yet again."
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