ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) president and party leader Javed Hashmi was shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday after he fell ill.

Hashmi fell ill during the ongoing PTI protest in Islamabad and was shifted to the PIMS hospital in Islamabad where he is undergoing treatment.

According to the medical staff at PIMS, Hashmi was fatigued and suffered a minor attack of asthma.

The PTI president was also dehydrated due to hot weather and had throat infection, the staff said.

The PTI has been protesting against alleged rigging in the 2013 elections and has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif whose government it says was formed in the outcome of a rigged election.

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