This Article is From Mar 11, 2016

Pakistan Envoy Abdul Basit Visits Syed Ali Shah Geelani In Delhi Hospital

Pakistan Envoy Abdul Basit Visits Syed Ali Shah Geelani In Delhi Hospital

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 86, was rushed to hospital on Thursday after his health deteriorated and was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit there. (File photo)

New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit today visited Hurriyat Conference's Syed Ali Shah Geelani who is convalescing in a Delhi hospital a day after complaining of chest pain and breathlessness, a spokesman said.

Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit visited the veteran in Max hospital in south Delhi and "conveyed best wishes and prayers on behalf of Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and the people of Pakistan", a statement from the high commission said.

Mr Geelani was recovering and feeling better and had been shifted to the General Ward from the ICU where he was initially, his spokesman said.

"Geelani is recovering, and is feeling better and the doctors of the Max Hospital have shifted him from the ICU to the General Ward," spokesman Ayaz Akbar said in a statement.

Mr Geelani, 86, was rushed to hospital on Thursday after his health deteriorated and was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit there. He has been in Delhi for the past almost one month for his annual health checkup.
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