President Asif Zardari suffers foot fracture at Dubai airport

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari suffered a foot fracture while disembarking from a plane at Dubai airport last night.

According to reports, President Zardari was immediately taken to the hospital for initial medical assistance, where doctors applied a plaster to his foot after an examination.

According to the spokesperson for the President’s House, President Zardari’s foot will be in plaster for four weeks.

He has been sent home, and doctors have advised him to take complete rest.

At 69 years of age, Asif Ali Zardari has had multiple health issues in recent years.

In March 2023, he underwent eye surgery in the United Arab Emirates.

In 2022, he was admitted to Karachi’s Dr Ziauddin Hospital for one week for treatment of a chest infection. Amid rumours of ill health, his personal physician and close aide Dr Asim Hussain took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to confirm that he “is in good health”.

He tested positive for Covid-19 in July 2022 but only experienced “mild symptoms”, according to his son and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.