LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mohammad Mazari has tested positive for coronavirus.

In a video message on Sunday, Mazari said he had tested negative on April 28 but the result was positive when he went for fresh screening a week later.

The politician from Rajanpur had returned from Dubai by a special PIA flight along with his two cousins just over a week ago. After landing at the Multan airport, they reportedly left for Lahore without being quarantined there.

As their departure was against the official SOPs in wake of coronavirus spread, Mazari had told a joint team of administration and CAA that they would isolate themselves.

In his message, Mazari appealed to the public to pray for his early recovery.

Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2020