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ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is "fine" and will return home soon, a news anchor quoted him as saying on Friday, nearly a week after he was rushed to Dubai for health reasons that led to rumors of his resignation and speculation about a possible coup.
"I'm fine and will return soon," Zardari reportedly told Hamid Mir, a popular news anchor, who repeated Zardari's statement on state television. "I did not want to leave. My children and friends and the prime minister insisted that I go for a checkup."
The Telegraph newspaper reported Friday that Zardari had suffered from something similar to a stroke.
Doctors reportedly diagnosed him as having had a Transient Ischemic Attack, which occurs when blood flow to parts of the brain stops briefly.
While the symptoms are similar to a stroke, they do not last as long, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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I still think Mr. Zardariis seeking political asylum here in the U.S. They have doctors and hospitals in Pakistan .So why did he go to an american hospital in Dubai ?????
Would you trust your life to a pakistani hospital if you had a choice?
Pakis have nukes and now technology to shoot drones!
Can't they treat their President?
Who cares?
Why did he go so far away from his terrorist overrun country?
Maybe because he doesn't want to be assassinated like his late wife, Benazir Bhutto?
Fears about the "religion of peace"?
Since Pakistan, a pure Islamic nation, was formed in 47 most of the Pakis know only stealing, looting, killing, double talking, double dealing and backstabbing.
Zardari has looted enough doing Ramadan style soap operas and his children are in UK. Before he was sworn in as President, he took shelter in PM Gilani's basement. So much for "democratic" and "civilian" govt.
Once this bandit leaves, it is season for another one!
Look at that criminal Gen Mush. He looted enough. He is hiding in London and his son is in the US!