Former leader of the PTI and former federal minister Asad Umar's condition deteriorated in Lahore’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) and he was transferred to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) hospital from the ATC court.
According to his lawyer Asad Umar suffered a heart attack in the courtroom but it was not the case as all of his medical tests came satisfactory. He was in the PIC Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for some time.
Read more: PTI senior leader Asad Umar 'completely' quits politics
On Nov 11, 2023, Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Asad Umar has announced his decision to quit politics, as well as his party completely.
The former minister announced his decision in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
In the post, Asad Umar says he had decided to completely quit politics after more than a decade in public life.
"As I had already stated publicly earlier that I disagree with the policy of confrontation with state institutions, and such a policy has led to a serious collision with state institutions, which is not in the interest of the country," he said in the post.
Asad also wrote that he was resigning from his basic membership of the PTI.
"I want to thank all those who have supported me in public life. In particular, I want to thank the NA-54 team and the voters who elected me twice. I have tried my best to serve the constituency that i was elected from. May Allah's blessings shine upon the Pakistani nation," he concluded.
Earlier in May 2023, Asad Umar announced his decision to step down from his position as the secretary general of the PTI, following a crackdown on the party after violent protests broke out on May 9 in the wake of party chief Imran Khan’s arrest.
However, at that time, the former minister had neither quit the party nor politics.
Addressing a press conference on May 25, Umar claimed he was not stepping down from the party office “under pressure”.
He had said that the past 13 months were “the most difficult time” for the PTI and cited the arrests of thousands of party workers. He said he had been in jail for 15 days, adding that everyone had condemned the May 9 riots as shocking.
“A transparent inquiry should be conducted as thousands of people are under arrest. Those who were involved should be punished,” he maintained.
The former PTI leader had also claimed that he had no pressure to quit the party, which was why he had decided to resign from the party positions.
