ON BOARD PM’s PLANE, May 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s plane which took off for Malaysia on Wednesday was diverted to Lahore to off-load a Karachi businessman who suffered a mild cardiac attack. Haji Bashir Janmohmmad, CEO of Gul Textile Mills collapsed in the plane due to mild cardiac attack. He was immediately provided medicasl assistance. The plane which had landed at the Lahore Airport at 12:56am to off-load the patient and for refuelling, took off again after two hours.

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