Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar on Monday tested positive for COVID-19, sources in the CM House confirmed to The Current two days after the provincial chief executive attended a high profile wedding in Lahore.
“The CM was tested for coronavirus after after he complained of symptoms,” a CM House official said.
“The chief minister had quarantined himself after feeling sick on Sunday,” the official version maintained.
Over the weekend, Buzdar was spotted at a high profile event held to mark the baraat of former Punjab governor Muhammad Latif Khosa’s daughter Sehr Khosa.
Among other guests at the two-day wedding ceremony were Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed, Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, former CJP Asif Saeed Khosa and ex-prime minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Ex-CJP Saqib Nisar also reportedly attended the event.
