Two more PML-N lawmakers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Khawaja Salman Rafique, former Punjab health minister and brother of PML-N MNA Saad Rafique, has quarantined himself inside his home after testing positive for Covid-19, according to PML-N lawmaker Raheela Khadim Hussain.

Additionally, PML-N MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar also tested positive for the virus, following which he has gone into self-isolation, according to his son Malik Faisal Khokhar — who is also infected with the respiratory disease.

Khawaja Salman Rafique (left) and Saiful Malook Khokhar. — via PR
Khawaja Salman Rafique (left) and Saiful Malook Khokhar. — via PR

Earlier this week, two lawmakers, Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel of the PTI and Shaukat Manzoor Cheema of the PML-N, had passed away from Covid-19.

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