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Govt to provide every possible assistance to Umar Sharif: Governor, Fawad

 

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said that a Board of Doctors would be constituted and it would help decide adequate medical treatment of ill legendary Comedian Umar Sharif.
They said that there was no issue of visa and it was up to the doctors to take decision and the government would make arrangements in according with the same to provide all possible assistance to the veteran comedian.
They stated this while talking to media persons enquiring after Celebrated Comedian and Actor Umar Sharif’s health, who is admitted to a local hospital in the metropolis due to heart related ailment, here.
Governor Imran Ismail said that the federal government would bear all the expenses of Umar Sharif’s medical treatment.
He said that the board would decide and the government would act upon the decision to facilitate the medical treatment.
Replying to a question, he said if doctors decided that Umar Sharif had to go abroad for the medical treatment then the government would assist to this effect.
The Governor said that he had talked to Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin about increasing Endowment Fund and then the actors would be provided with funds automatically without visiting anyone.
Replying to another question, he said that they wanted permanent solution to Karachi. He said that they were in the favour of holding Local Government elections and alluding to the Sindh government, he said that they wanted Administrator.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said he and the Governor had visited today Umar Sharif on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan to enquire after his health.
He said that Umar Shairf is country’s assets. Answering a question, he said that the treatment of heart was possible in Pakistan but it further depended on the decision of the doctors what they advised.
Replying to another question, he hoped that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would win the Cantonment Board elections.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.