MQM Pakistan leader Farooq Sattar speaks about accident

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar on Monday evening confirmed that he had received no fractures or suffered any internal bleeding following his car accident the previous night.

Sattar was injured Sunday night after his car crashed near the Nooriabad Police Sation at the Super Highway on Sunday when he was returning to Karachi from Hyderabad.

"Sattar was on his way to Karachi from Hyderabad when his car overturned after colliding with barriers placed on the road," Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan, who was with him in a separate car at the time of the accident, had said earlier.

Sattar received injuries to his head, back and shoulders and was taken to a private hospital.

But, speaking exclusively to Geo News from his hospital room in Karachi, Sattar said his vehicle flipped over five times on the highway after it hit the barriers.

"I have no fractures or any internal bleeding. My joints hurt a little but, Inshallah, I hope it will improve soon," he said.

"The unity [of party workers] is the solution to their problems as well as lasting peace in Karachi," he said in a message to party workers and supporters.

Sattar said he would return to work as soon as he can after he is discharged from the hospital.

Earlier, doctors said there was further improvement in the health of the MQM Pakistan leader, who they said slept for five hours after a complete medical exam.

A spokesman for the hospital where Dr Sattar is being treated said they were satisfied with the health of the MQM Pakistan leader.

In an earlier press conference held on Monday, Liaquat National Hospital spokesman Anjum Rizvi said Sattar had not received any major injuries. His blood tests were positive, so were his MRI and CT scans, he added.

“Since 5 AM today he is in a deep sleep which is good for his health. The more he rests he will recover faster,” he had said earlier today.

The spokesman said that even at the time he was brought to the hospital, Sattar seemed to be in “high spirits”.

"He answered phone calls of friends and family."

A 12-member medical team of doctors is taking care of Sattar, he said. “His will be discharged after 72 hours after the team monitors his vital body organs and body movements,” he said.

Dr Sattar has been placed in the special ward of the hospital. The politician's coordinator is also out of danger, he said.

Security at the hospital has been beefed up. More than eight police mobiles have been placed at the hospital gates. Meanwhile more than 30 policemen have been deployed inside the hospital, police said.

Sattar, along with three others, received injuries after his car crashed at Nooriabad Police Sation at the Super Highway on Sunday when he was coming back to Karachi from Hyderabad.

"Sattar was on his way to Karachi from Hyderabad when his car overturned after colliding with barriers placed on the road," said Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan, who was with him in a separate car at the time of the accident.

Three policemen, who were sitting at the back of the bullet-proof Toyota Hilux-Vigo, were also wounded in the accident, he added.

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