Staff Reporter
Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik on Monday has expressed that our country unfortunately will have drastic increase in the cases of Coronavirus because of no social distancing and Government confusion about lockdown.
He said that the steps are non serious and the advice of World Health Organization (WHO) is not being followed in markets and streets and other public places. Rehman Malik advised the Prime Minister to deal the Coronavirus as per WHO’s SOPs.
He said that he wishes the Government had followed his 37 points Anti-Coronavirus National Action Plan proposed earlier on February 27th when only two cases were confirmed across the country. He said that his 37 Points Anti-Coronavirus National Action Plan contained full SOP and was approved by the Senate Standing Committee on Interior and had handed over to the Secretary Health, all provincial governments and all concerned departments. The situation would far different and better if those 37 points were followed in true letter and spirit.
He said that neither he is criticizing nor doing any blame game but being the Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior, he feels that it will be his failure in national duty if do not point the mistakes. He said that our survival is in complete lockdown and there is nothing called smart lockdown in the law.
Senator A. Rehman Malik reinforced his proposal to discuss in the Senate session to invoke the force majeure law to get relief on external debt. In this regard today in separate letters, he wrote to opposition leader in Senate Raja Zafar ul Haq and Advisor for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan to consider to support his two Resolutions in the Senate Session to be commenced tomorrow at May 12, 2020.
