Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Mustafa Kamal has appealed to the federal and provincial governments to take coordinated and unified measures against the spread of the coronavirus in the country as he was enraged over recent war of words between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan People’s Party-led Sindh government. “I request the federal and provincial rulers to please come on the same page and help each other in the fight against the coronavirus as alarm bells have been ringing due to the spread of the pandemic,” he said while speaking at a press conference here on Friday. Criticising the verbal brawl between the PTI and PPP governments, he said that in view of the seriousness of the Covid-19 situation several countries in the world had put aside their differences and are taking focused steps against the pandemic. “The whole world has changed, but our rulers and politicians have not due to which the country and its people continue to suffer,” he said. Kamal said that he had repeatedly been asking the government to activate the local government representatives in the country and all political parties should ask their members to work with the elected councillors to provide relief to the people. He said the local government set-up of Karachi and Hyderabad belonged to the MuttahidaQaumi Movement-Pakistan and despite this, he wanted the government to empower councilors and utilise them in the fight against the coronavirus. He said that doctors and paramedical staff in the whole world had been working nonstop but in Pakistan our doctors were protesting against non-provision of personal protective equipment.He expressed concern over reports that a number of doctors and paramedics fall victim to the coronavirus while treating patients.
