Imran Khan
Imposing lockdown: Pakistan PM Imran Khan slams Sindh govt
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday slammed the Sindh government for imposing partial coronavirus lockdown against the wish of the Centre as "such a move might break the back of the common man".
The premier expressed his views on the issue while conversing with the people of Pakistan in a live programme “Aapka Wazir-e-Azam Aap Kai Sath” question-and-answer session via telephone, which was telecast by all TV channels, reports Gulf Today.
"We had a small problem between the federal government and Sindh," Khan was quoted as saying.
"The Sindh government wanted to impose a lockdown, which is the correct decision and will curb the spread of the virus. But on the other hand, the thing to see is that will we be able to save the economy from the lockdown? Then there is the issue of hunger ... the daily wage earners and especially the poor section of our society ... how will they make ends meet during the lockdown?" he said.
"The Sindh government should know that when you force a lockdown you are going to keep people hungry. You cannot keep hungry people under a lockdown if you do not have the resources to bring them food," Khan said.
Pakistan is witnessing a massive COVID-19 surge in recent times as 67 people died due to the virus in the past 24 hours.
The death toll due to the disease now stands at 23,529.
About 3,582 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the data issued by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on its official web portal, as reported by Geo News.
The coronavirus positivity rate in Pakistan stood at 7.19% with 75,373 active cases across the country, the Indian news channel reported.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
