PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has tested positive for the coronavirus, the party’s Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday. She has quarantined herself after the test result, Aurangzeb said. The information secretary also asked people to pray for the early recovery of Covid-19 patients, including Maryam. Meanwhile, Maryam, while responding to a tweet, said that she had flu, cough and fever and was being treated at home.
“Overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers & good wishes,” she said. Maryam had recently led the party’s election campaign for the July 25 polls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
PML-N President and Maryam’s uncle, Shehbaz Sharif, said he was saddened to hear about her testing positive. He prayed for her recovery from the virus, as well as the recovery of other people who had tested positive.
The fourth wave of Covid-19 is intensifying in the country as Pakistan reported 4,119 coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours — the first time the daily caseload went above 4,000 since May 21. The more transmissible Delta variant is believed to be responsible for the country’s fourth wave. The variant, scientists say, has features that allow it to evade some of the body’s immune system defenses. Plus, it has the highest transmissibility of any variant so far.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
