KARACHI: Liaquat National Hospital spokesman Anjum Rizvi told media on Monday that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Rashid Godil’s condition can now be termed ‘out of danger’.
Talking to press outside the facility which is treating injured Godil, Rizvi said that doctors have worked really hard and after almost a week’s efforts, Godil has gained consciousness and his condition can be termed ‘out of danger’.
The LNH spokesman further said that the MQM leader will soon be moved out of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and will be treated in ward.
MQM leader and former MNA Rasheed Godil got severely injured in a gun attack in Karachi’s Bahadurabad area on August 18.
Godil’s car was attacked in Bahadurabad when seven to eight motorcyclists opened fire on the MQM leader’s vehicle after identifying him, sources say.
The MQM leader was returning after shopping from a superstore along with his wife.
Rasheed Godial was moved to the hospital, initial reports said that he was shot six times with three bullets piercing in his chest, head and jaw.
Driver Dead
His driver Abdul Mateen who too got injured in the brazen daylight attack was soon pronounced dead after succumbing to his injuries in the hospital.
