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Former Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza tests positive for COVID-19

| @indiablooms | Jun 13, 2020, at 04:42 pm

Islamabad/IBNS:  Former Pakistan prime minister and senior PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani has tested positive for COVID-19.

His son Kasim Gilani confirmed the development and tweeted: "Thank you Imran Khan’s govt and National Accountibilty Burearu! You have successfully put my father’s life in danger. His COVID-19 result came postive."

The NAB is investigating Gilani in the Toshakhana reference. It has filed a petition in an accountability court against high-profile suspects, including two former prime ministers and a former president, reports Geo News.

NAB named former president Asif Ali Zardari, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as suspects in the case, reports the news channel.

Meanwhile, former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the pandemic Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.

Image: Kasim Gilani Twitter page

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