STAFF REPORTER
IS LAMABAD The Supreme Court in a statement on Tuesday said that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed, his family and his secretary all tested negative for the coronavirus. The statement added that the top judge’s tests were conducted after an employee of the court developed symptoms of Covid-19, following which he was put under quarantine as a suspected coronavirus patient. The employee, a Naib Qasid at the apex court, had first tested negative for the virus, but the result was “doubtful” and another test was conducted which turned out to be positive, the statement read. The employee has now been isolated at a polyclinic in Islamabad. Earlier in the day, reports circulated on local media that an employee in the CJP’s chamber had tested positive. However, the statement did not clarify whether the coronavirus-positive employee worked in the chief justice’s chamber but merely referred to him as an “employee of the Supreme Court”.
