Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing &Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that that it was extremely regrettable that on one hand the Sindh government was striving to protect its people from the Coronavirus but on the other hand this serious problem was constantly being politicized by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was yet to get out of the politics of container, adding the Prime Minister appears on TV on a daily basis, and through a political statement politicizes a serious issue like pandemic of Coronavirus.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah also apologized to Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari because according to him Bilawal had forbidden all the party members from making such statements, but he added that, what he can do when the Prime Minister was constantly politicizing the serious issue of Coronavirus.
The Minister said that all the decisions whether it was about the suspension of the train service or the suspension of the airlines operation or the closure of mosques, were taken by the federal government, but unfortunately Prime Minister Imran Khan did not own any of the decision, which according to him could make a difference.
He said that it was a matter of great regret that the Prime Minister was doing politics for cheap fame, so that people would praise him and say, “look, how the Prime Minister was taking so much care of the laborers, daily wagers and the other poor segment of the society”.
Nasir Shah asked, “Has the Prime Minister ever thought that if our people whose immune system is not very strong and Allah forbid they fall victim to the Coronavirus in large numbers, then do our country has so many health facilities to take care of them?, Will we be able to handle all the situation then?, And do we have enough ventilators or other medical equipment and health facilities to treat such a large number of patients”?
The Minister said that it was deeply regrettable that on one hand the country was facing such a dangerous pandemic, while on the other, the Sindh government and its chief minister were being mocked.
He said that because the federal government was not capable of handling the situation well, therefore, their ministers are constantly mocking Sindh government and its ministers. He said that the sole purpose of the Sindh government’s actions so far was to protect its people from getting affected by Corona virus.