KARACHI: Former Petroleum Minister and PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain was released from Jinnah Hospital after 19 months after the Sindh High Court (SHC) issued a release order for the former minister.
The release order was issued after Dr Asim submitted his Pakistani and Canadian passports in the court.
Armoured vehicles transported Dr Asim from Jinnah Hospital to Ziauddin Hospital where he is the deputy managing director. The former minister has been undergoing treatment for cardiovascular ailment.
A day earlier, the Sindh High Court had rejected an application filed by the PPP leader seeking exemption from the court’s decision asking him to submit his Pakistani and Canadian passports before Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar, the referee judge.
Earlier this week, an anti-terrorism court had also issued a release order for Dr Asim in a case relating to the alleged treatment of terrorists at his hospital.
Dr Asim was booked on the complaint of Rangers for allegedly treating and harbouring suspected terrorists, militants and gangsters at the North Nazimabad and Clifton branches of his hospital at the behest of some MQM and PPP leaders.
The former minister was also indicted by an accountability court on May 6, 2016, after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference against Dr Hussain and others for the alleged corruption of over Rs460 billion.
