Ex-Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi collapses in jail; hospitalised

Pakistan's former foreign minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was admitted to a hospital after collapsing in his barrack at a jail in Lahore, a prison official said on Tuesday.According to the official, Qureshi suffered a dizzy spell while walking inside his barrack at Kot Lakhpat Jail on Monday, injuring his knee and arm in the fall.The 70-year-old leader was subsequently shifted to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology for treatment, the official added.Qureshi has been in jail since August 2023 in multiple cases linked to the May 9, 2023, riots, when Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters went on a rampage following the arrest of party chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.Qureshi's counsel, Rana Mudassar Umar, confirmed that the veteran politician was taken to hospital after fainting and suffering a fall.Umar added that the PTI leader would remain under observation for 24 hours, after which doctors would decide whether he should continue treatment at the hospital or be shifted back to jail.Meanwhile, Qureshi's daughter alleged that her father had been jailed on "trumped-up" charges and accused the federal government of keeping him behind bars with "...