{"id":80170,"date":"2025-07-11T20:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=80170"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:08:39","slug":"mqm-founder-altaf-hussain-hospitalized-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/mqm-founder-altaf-hussain-hospitalized-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"MQM founder Altaf Hussain hospitalized in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement<\/a> (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain was hospitalized in London after suffering a serious illness, the party announced.<\/p>\n

In a video message on X, MQM’s Central Coordination Committee Convener Mustafa Azizabadi stated that Altaf Hussain<\/a> was admitted to a hospital because his health had been worsening and is now undergoing several tests.<\/p>\n

Azizabadi disclosed that Hussain’s health deteriorated overnight, and the doctors advised his hospitalisation. There was “nothing out of the ordinary so far,” but he was undergoing medical tests, he clarified .<\/p>\n

Altah Hussain, 70 years old, has been in self-exile in the United Kingdom since 1992, when the Pakistani government unleashed an operation against his party.<\/p>\n

He was conferred British nationality and kept asserting significant political authority in Karachi by making periodic telephonic speeches to party activists.<\/p>\n

The long-serving politician has been met with numerous legal woes. In October 2019, the police in the UK charged him with terror-related charges regarding his 2016 address, instigating violence. He was subsequently acquitted in 2022 by a British jury in a majority verdict after a three-day deliberation.<\/p>\n

MQM’s former Deputy Convenor Qasim Ali stated in an X post that the doctors at a local London hospital examined Altaf Hussain and recommended different tests, including blood tests, ECG, CT scan, X-ray, and ultrasound.<\/p>\n

“Altaf Hussain has been under great mental stress for quite a long time because of the domestic and international context, various cases in London, and acute financial woes.<\/p>\n

Apart from medicines, Ali added, the doctors have also ordered a blood transfusion. He also asked people to “please keep praying for Altaf Bhai” and vowed to keep people updated on his health minute by minute.<\/p>\n

Though Altaf Hussain is out of the political stage in Pakistan due to this self-imposed exile, he remains a polarising figure, with supporters crediting him for empowering Karachi\u2019s Urdu-speaking population and critics blaming him for violence and political instability in the city.<\/p>\n

MQM supporters are sharing best wishes and prayers for his speedy recovery on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain was hospitalized in London after suffering a serious illness, the party announced. In a video message on X, MQM’s Central Coordination Committee Convener Mustafa Azizabadi stated that Altaf Hussain was admitted to a hospital because his health had been worsening and is now undergoing several tests. Azizabadi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":80171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2615,30058],"class_list":["post-80170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-muttahida-qaumi-movement","tag-altaf-hussain-illness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80172,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80170\/revisions\/80172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}