Staff Reporter
Karachi
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday accused the PTI-led federal government of sabotaging the Sindh government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
“The federal government has sabotaged our every attempt through their speeches […] from the start. Through their incompetency, they have let down each and every province,” he said at a press conference in Karachi.
“They opened up the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan and did not provide the Balochistan government with tools to stop the spread of the virus.
“They also let down the Punjab government by not warning them about the Raiwind Ijtima. They did not take any practical steps to protect those who participated and later did not support the provinces in tracing the participants,” he lashed out. “Day and night, the Sindh chief minister is attacked. They are attacking the province with the most limited resources.”
Bilawal called out the government for its failure to provide personal protective equipment to doctors battling the country’s Covid-19 outbreak. “It is our responsibility to provide them with everything they need to protect themselves. Doctors are in contact with coronavirus patients […] the bare minimum we can do is provide them with PPE.”
He added that the government needed to equip medical workers so that they can fight the “war against corona”. Bilawal laid blame on Prime Minister Imran Khan and the federal government for letting down the provinces when it comes to efforts to control the coronavirus outbreak. Lashing out at the federal government Bilawal said that if the government does not want to praise Sindh for its efforts it should at least stop criticizing the provincial government for its measures to curb Covid-19.
