Babar assures considering Senate suggestions to improve COVID-19 containment strategy.

ISLAMABAD -- Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan Thursday assured the Senate that the government would consider the valuable suggestions given by the lawmakers during the debate on COVID-19 strategy for more effective containment of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

'I assure the House on behalf of the government that very seriously, we will take all the good suggestions to the agencies concerned for deliberation,' he said while participating in the debate on COVID-19 strategy.

He said the government strategy to contain the spread of virus had remained successful so far, which was contrary to the predictions of international institutions including World Bank, Asian Development Bank and World Health Organization that in Pakistan there would be hunger and devastation on a large scale.

Dr Babar said it was a special blessing of Allah Almighty on Pakistan that despite limited resources, the food-chain remained completely intact in the country, while the situation in other COVID-19 affected countries including India was opposite.

He said the government had been following a moderate strategy, under which it sealed the affected areas and relaxed the lockdown restrictions, keeping in view the situation on ground.

The advisor said the crisis had not ended yet and underlined the need to devise a more prudent policy, focusing on the current phase and post COVID-19 situation.

He said it was for the first time that financial...