Srinagar, April 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari on Friday visited the ailing father of incarcerated MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, ( a Engineer Rashid) at SMHS Hospital here and appealed to the central government to grant him parole.

Apni Party President said Khazir Mohammad Sheikh is battling a critical illness and has been placed on ventilator support.

"His condition is extremely serious, and his family is passing through an incredibly difficult and distressing time," the Apni Party chief said in a post on X as per news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS).

He said the party stands in solidarity with the family and prayed to the Almighty to bless the patient with "Shifa-e-Kamila" (complete recovery).

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