Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif tests positive for Covid-19: Report

Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif tests positive for Covid-19.

Updated on: Nov 15, 2022, 13:55:32 IST

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tested postive for COVID-19, a day after returning from his trip to the UK, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is seen. (Reuters)

Shehbaz, 71, returned to Pakistan on Monday after taking a detour to London from the COP27 climate conference in Egypt to visit his elder brother Nawaz Sharif.

In a tweet, Aurangzeb said the premier was feeling unwell for the past two days and took a COVID-19 test on Tuesday on the doctor’s advice, which returned positive.

She appealed to the nation and to PML-N workers to pray for Prime Minister Shehbaz’s speedy 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.

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