Pak foreign Minister tests positive for Covid-19

Srinagar July 3(PTK)Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has tested positive for COVID-19 and has quarantined himself at home amid rising cases of coronavirus in the country. Qureshi took to Twitter to inform about his health, saying he felt mild fever in the afternoon and immediately quarantined himself at home, adding that he will continue to perform his duties from there.

Qureshi is the latest senior Pakistani politician to test positive for the novel coronavirus after Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’ brother Shehbaz Sharif, who leads the opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive in late June. PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar Ataullah Tarar had then blamed Prime Minister Imran Khan and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for putting the life of Sharif in danger.

“This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for Covid 19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” Mahmood tweeted(PTK)