Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday he won the combat against Covid-19 as he tested negative for the virus.

The former federal interior minister expressed gratitude to his supporters who prayed for him. He said he was healthy and his test report found no traces of coronavirus.

For a couple of weeks ago, the opposition leader took to the social media informing his followers about being hit by the virus.

 "I request my friends and well-wishers to pray for my quick recovery," Iqbal tweeted stressing that he was quarantining himself for two weeks.

A number of Pakistani politicians including Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, PTI lawmaker Khurrum Sher Zaman tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.

More than 3,000 lives lost as the country has been struggling hard against the global pandemic. However, they called upon people to go for adopting protective measures to stem the spread of deadly virus.