Daughter of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has tested positive for coronavirus.
She announced the news on Wednesday, on Twitter that she has been isolating as she had tested positive.
“I tested positive for COVID-19 on April 2 — isolating and recovering,” she tweeted.
Bakhtawar, who had got married to a UAE-based businessman Mahmood Choudhry earlier this year, took the opportunity of her Covid diagnosis to urge people to get vaccinated.
I tested positive for Covid19 on April 2nd – isolating and recovering🙏. Just a reminder to keep being cautious, call people out if their masks don’t cover their nose, get vaccinated & help those less fortunate to get vaccinated too. May Allah keep us all safe. Aameen
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) April 7, 2021
She also advised them to remain cautious and follow the necessary SOPs to stay safe from the virus. “Just a reminder to keep being cautious, call people out if their masks don’t cover their nose, get vaccinated, and help those less fortunate to get vaccinated too,” she wrote.
People sent Bakhtawar best wishes and hoped for a speedy recovery.
Get well soon!
— Ali Gul Pir (@Aligulpir) April 7, 2021
Bakhtawar’s brother and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has also had contracted COVID in the second wave of the pandemic. He had also missed her engagement party as he was in isolation.