The Faisalabad chief of Tablighi Jamaat has died of coronavirus even as the number of its infected members crossed the 1,100 mark in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday.
Maulana Suhaib Rumi, 69, Faisalabad chapter head of Tablighi Jamaat died of Covid-19 on Thursday.
“The elderly preacher had attended the Tablighi gathering in Lahore’s Raiwaind last month. Five members of his family, including two grandchildren, are also infected with coronavirus,” Deputy Commissioner of Faisalabad Muhammad Ali said.
His family members have been kept in an isolation centre in Faislabad, some 150 kms from here. According to the Punjab health department, over 1,100 Tablighi Jamaat members have been tested positive for coronavirus in the province.
A large number of preachers who had attended a major congregation in early March in its headquarters in Lahore were later tracked down across the country and placed in quarantine centres.