Bodybuilder Yahya fighting Covid-19

Published June 5, 2020
Yahya Butt says he was currently in ICU, but his health was improving. — AFP/File
Yahya Butt says he was currently in ICU, but his health was improving. — AFP/File

LAHORE: Three-time Mr. Asia and five-time Mr. Pakistan Olympia Yahya Butt is in a local hospital fighting coronavirus for the last three weeks.

Talking to Dawn, the bodybuilder said that although he was currently in ICU, his health was improving. He informed he had been admitted to three hospitals due to his condition and was now at the Lahore University Hospital.

Yahya retired from Punjab Police a few years ago to turn his focus back on bodybuilding. He was earlier running his own gym and was advising a sports manufacturing company on producing gym equipment.

Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2020

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