Member of National Assembly from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Usama Qadri tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.

Usama Qadri was elected member of the lower house of the parliament from the Karachi constituency, NA-253. Other than Usama Qadri, his son has also tested positive for the virus.

The federal lawmaker went into self-quarantine at the Parliament Lodges in Islamabad soon after testing positive for the infection. He is not the first MQM-P leader or a lawmaker to test positive for the virus, as at least three other lawmakers from his party have already contracted the virus.

MQM-P Coordination Committee member Faisal Sabzwari tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

In a message posted on micro blogging site Twitter, the MQM-P leader said that his parents, wife and two daughters tested positive for the virus earlier. “Now, I have also tested positive for COVID-19,” Faisal said, adding that another daughter of him and his second wife Madiha Naqvi have however tested negative for coronavirus.

He asked the masses to pray for their early recovery. “For God’s sake adopt precautionary measures and save yourself,” he said, warning that hospitals in the city are unable to accommodate virus patients.

The party’s provincial lawmaker Mangla Sharma tested positive for COVID-19 on May 13. The member of provincial assembly (MPA) in Sindh, Mangla Sharma, said in a statement that she and her husband underwent COVID-19 tests due to emergence of some symptoms. Ms Sharma said they went into isolation at their residence after testing positive for the virus.