Barrister Gohar visits Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Lahore cardiology unit

PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan visited the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) in Lahore on Thursday to ask after the health of party leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who remains in hospital for treatment. Qureshi's son, MNA Zain Qureshi, accompanied him, The Express Tribune and Daily Times reported.

According to party sources, quoted by The Express Tribune, Qureshi was moved from Kot Lakhpat jail to the PIC for medical examinations after he became dizzy and collapsed in his barrack. He injured his knee and arm. Doctors decided to admit him for further examination and treatment.

Jail authorities took blood samples and sent them to Shaukat Khanum Hospital for testing. No results have been provided yet. Qureshi's lawyer, Rana Mudassar Umar, said his client had fainted and fallen a few days earlier.

Umar said an application had been submitted to the anti-terrorism court, but court holidays delayed the matter. Zain Qureshi asked prison authorities to arrange a CT scan for his father and to take him to a dentist for a cracked tooth.

The PTI core committee expressed concern over the fall. It called for Qureshi to be moved to hospital, given a full medical examination and any necessary treatment.

Qureshi's daughter, Meher Bano, said she learnt of the fall from relatives who met him in jail. She called for his release and alleged he is being held on false charges.

Qureshi has been in custody since August 2023 and has been indicted in several cases linked to the 9 May 2023 riots. In July 2024 a Lahore anti-terrorism court indicted him in a case registered by Shadman police over an alleged attack on and burning of a police station. He was also taken to the PIC in May 2025 with chest pain and shortness of breath, and had a gallbladder removal procedure at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute in December 2025.