• Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tests Positive For Covid-19

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tests Positive For Covid-19

    In a tweet, Aurangzeb stated that the premier had been feeling ill for the past two days and had taken...


    Digital Desk: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, a day after returning from a trip to the UK, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday.


    After taking a detour to London from the COP27 climate conference in Egypt to see his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz, 71, made his way back to Pakistan on Monday.


    In a tweet, Aurangzeb stated that the premier had been feeling ill for the past two days and had taken a COVID-19 test on the doctor's advice on Tuesday, which came back positive.


    She urged the nation and PML-N supporters to pray for Prime Minister Shehbaz's quick recovery.


    This is the third time the premier has tested positive for the virus, after having previously contracted COVID-19 earlier this year in January and in June 2020.