KOHAT, Nov 8: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, chief of Jamaat-i-Islami who is under house arrest in the Tanda Dam Rest House of Kohat suffered a mild heart attack on Thursday afternoon, reliable sources told Dawn.

The administration soon after getting report about the deteriorating health of the JI chief dispatched a medical team headed by Saeed Ahmad Paracha, a heart specialist of KDA hospital to the rest house which has been declared as sub-jail.

After a thorough check up and ECG Mr Qazi was put on medicines and his condition was stated to be improving.

The doctors said that Qazi’s bad health was the result of tension accompanied by seclusion because he was not being allowed to meet anybody and even make calls to his family and friends.

Qazi Hussain Ahmed is an old patient of heart and blood pressure and was already under treatment when put under house arrest three days back.