Former NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq tests positive for COVID-19
Former National Assembly speaker and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq has tested positive for COVID-19.
PML-N president, Shehbaz Sharif, informed of Ayaz Sadiq testing positive through his official Twitter and prayed for his recovery.
“Senior PML-N leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has tested positive for Covid-19. A thorough gentleman & seasoned politician who conducted the business of the National Assembly impartially as a Speaker. I wish him a speedy recovery and good health”, says Shehbaz Sharif in his tweet.
Senior PML-N leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has tested positive for Covid-19. A thorough gentleman & seasoned politician who conducted the business of the National Assembly impartially as a Speaker. I wish him a speedy recovery and good health.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 12, 2020
Meanwhile, various members of Parliament are suffering from the pandemic. On Wednesday Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had also tested positive for the highly contagious disease.
PML-N Member National Assembly Ahsan Iqbal, PTI MNAs Dr. Ramesh Kumar and Farukh Habib, JUI-F MNA Shahida Akhtar Ali, MQM MNA Usama Qadri, and Senator Sana Jamali earlier contracted coronavirus and all of them isolated themselves at home.
Pakistan has confirmed 107 deaths – highest till date – by coronavirus during the last 24 hours. The number of positive cases has jumped to 125,933, whereas nationwide tally of deaths has surged to 2,463.
