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Pakistan Ex-PM Yusuf Gilani tests positive, son blames Imran Khan

Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case

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Gilani's son Kasim Gilani announced on Twitter that the former premier had tested positive for the coronavirus

Press Trust of India Islamabad

Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract Covid-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country.

Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case.

On Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive for the coronavirus after he appeared before the NAB in a money laundering case.

Gilani's son Kasim Gilani announced on Twitter that the former premier had tested positive for the coronavirus.

"Thank you Imran Khan's govt and