Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Pak FM says he has tested positive for Covid

- Imtiaz Ahmad letters@hindustant­imes.com

ISLAMABAD:PAKISTAN foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday announced that he has tested positive for the coronaviru­s disease and has quarantine­d himself.

He broke the news on Twitter, saying that in the afternoon he felt a slight fever and quarantine­d himself at home, before testing positive later on.

“I have now tested positive for Covid-19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” he tweeted.

Incidental­ly, Qureshi had held a meeting with Zalmay

Khalilzad, the US special representa­tive for Afghanista­n reconcilia­tion, on Wednesday at the foreign office in Islamabad. Khalilzad was accompanie­d by the US Internatio­nal Developmen­t Finance Corporatio­n (DFC) chief executive officer, Adam Boehler.

Also, unconfirme­d reports say that he last met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday.

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REUTERS Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

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