Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has asked the political parties to present suggestions to protect people of Pakistan from the dreadful coronavirus and stressed they must refrain from indulging in petty politics.
He was speaking in a meeting with Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Chairperson Sara Ahmad, Allah Wale Trust Chief Shahid Lone, Mazhar Jillani, PTI leader Inaam-ul-Haq and others at Governor’s House on Friday.
He said the coronavirus pandemic was not an issue in Pakistan but around the globe. “Those, not taking coronavirus seriously, are not only playing with the lives of people but of themselves,” he observed. He stressed that people must observe all laid down SOPs to save themselves and other people. He also called upon the philanthropists to continue serving the poor people in these hard times.
The governor said that the coronavirus was not only affecting healthcare system but causing immense problems in others sectors as well and added that the federal and Punjab governments were taking all possible measures to combat with these problems. He regretted that opposition was busy in petty politics and point scoring since the beginning of coronavirus pandemic in the country instead of coming up with suggestions to fight against the dreadful disease.
He said the opposition had no reason to indulge in politics during these testing times being faced by the whole nation. Chaudhry Sarwar said that the government was also providing financial assistance to the poor families, whose bread-winners lost their jobs during the ongoing crisis. He said that he in collaboration with the Punjab Development Network had so far provided ration to over 570,000 poor families and this exercise was on in full swing with an objective that no one should sleep hungry.
He also lauded Sara Ahmad for her performance as chairperson of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau and added that children were Pakistan’s future and they must be trained and educated in best of the manner.
