Observer Report
Lahore
Pakistan Muslim League-N President and Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif received a telephone call from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman who inquired about his well being and offered assistance from the Chinese government regarding his Covid-19 treatment.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called Shahbaz Sharif and said that he was concerned about him contracting the virus, he also wished him the former CM a speedy recovery.
Shahbaz Sharif thanked the Chinese government, its leadership and spokesman Lao for offering medical treatment.
Shehbaz Sharif said that his concern and generous offer was evidence of China’s love, great commitment and compassion for the people of Pakistan. He said that his relationship with China has always been a source of pride for him. Sharif said he is deeply touched by China’s concern for his health after he tested positive for Covid-19.
Meanwhile, former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has tested positive for the coronavirus, his son Kasim Gilani revealed on Saturday.
In a tweet, Kasim Gilani said that his father’s Covid-19 test had come back positive and that he blamed Prime Minister Imran Khan and the National Accountability Bureau for his father’s infection. “Thank you Imran Khan’s government and National Accountability Bureau! You have successfully put my father’s life in danger.”
The former premier had appeared in a NAB hearing in Rawalpindi on Thursday in a reference that accused him, PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from Toshakhana.
Gilani requested the judge that since a number of lawmakers had tested positive for Covid-19, he may be given permanent exemption from personal attendance in the court.
The reference was filed in the accountability court on March 2. The NAB reference alleged that Zardari and Sharif had obtained cars from Toshakhana by paying 15 per cent of the price of the cars. The bureau further alleged that Gilani had facilitated them in this regard.
