Faisalabad: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was admitted to the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC) for checkup after a BP shoot-up last night, ARY News reported on Monday, citing sources.

Rana Sanaullah had heart surgery in 2004.

According to FIC sources, Sanaullah was brought to the hospital with 120/160 blood pressure and complained of ‘pain in the heart’.

Sources said the Home Minister got the probe done to know the nature of the heart attack.

Earlier in the month of November last year, the minister was also transferred to AIFC over health related issues.

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Later, after pictures of him in a hospital circulated on social media, the interior minister issued a statement about his well-being.

In the audio statement, Sanaullah said that he was completely fine and had undergone heart surgery in 2004. Several tests were done on the interior minister as he was under observation in the hospital for 8 hours.