Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan cannot afford to go into a lockdown again, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday, urging everyone to strictly follow the preventive measures against the Novel Coronavirus.
Addressing a Cabinet meeting, Imran Khan said the provincial governments needed to ensure the implementation of Trace, Test & Quarantine and smart lockdown strategies pertaining to the coronavirus.
“The country cannot afford lockdown again,” the premier said after the Cabinet was briefed on the Covid-19 situation across the nation.
“God Almighty has been very kind to Pakistan; we have made wise decisions and God has been gracious,” he said.
The federal government also decided to strictly implement coronavirus SOPs. Imran Khan said the second wave of the deadly coronavirus was spreading rapidly throughout the world and cases in Pakistan were also shooting up.
Meanwhile, addressing a news conference regarding steps taken in today’s cabinet meeting, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said opposition’s narrative against Pakistan and national defense is not acceptable in any case.
The minister said PML-N’s recent narrative is aimed at putting aside their corruption cases. He said negative propaganda of PML-N is not acceptable to any segment of Pakistani society.
Shibli Faraz said the Government has planned to announce a reasonable support price for wheat that will help reducing the artificial shortage of flour in the country. He said Sindh government’s failure to purchase wheat on time led to the flour shortage. The Federal Cabinet also approved granting powers of presiding officers to Additional District and Session Judges and Senior Civil Judges during elections in Gilgit Baltistan
