ISLAMABAD, July 25: A man who came all the way from Karachi to Islamabad to see a minister died while climbing the stairs to the minister’s office in the Pak Secretariat here on Monday. Police said Haji Sulman, a resident of Baldia Town of Karachi, collapsed due to cardiac arrest and was rushed to the dispensary of the Secretariat but was pronounced dead on reaching there. Haji Sulman had come to the Secretariat accompanied by his grandson. For what purpose he wanted to meet Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi could not be known. His body was shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for legal process.

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