LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) deputy secretary general Attaullah Tarar revealed on Thursday he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
“I have been tested positive for COVID-19,” he tweeted, requesting all those who have interacted with him in the past few days to get themselves tested and take precautions accordingly.
Attaullah Tarar also requested prayers for his recovery.
A number of government functionaries and politicians have contracted the virus in the country.
A woman MPA of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shaheen Raza lost her life on Wednesday after battling the virus. She hailed from Gujranwala and had been fighting coronavirus for the last few days.