CM defends PM's COVID strategy, slams opposition for doing negative politics.

LAHORE -- While defending Prime Minister Imran Khan's strategy to combat COVID-19, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Sundy slammed the opposition parties for what he called doing negative politics over a national issue.

'The opposition parties are moving forward with their corruption saving agenda. Those elements found involved in weakening the foundations of the country will have to account for their misdeeds', he said in a statement.

The chief minister maintained that the nation had not yet forgotten the massive corruption done in the previous tenures.

He emphasized that those who indulged in loot and plunder of national resources in their previous tenures were now afraid of accountability. CM underscored that the incumbent government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was the most transparent government in the history of Pakistan.

He censured opposition parties for adopting a different stance on corona pandemic and added that the negative attitude posed by the opposition parties during the current critical situation was highly condemnable.

CM appreciated that Prime Minister Imran Khan for taking timely decisions in order to cope up with coronavirus. He highlighted that seriously affected areas owing to coronavirus had been sealed so as to impede the virus spread and further disclosed that positive results were coming to surface due to enforcing recent restrictions.

Usman Buzdar stressed that the safety of citizens lied in implementation of SOPs regarding coronavirus and urged that people must wear masks as they leave their homes. He emphasized that cooperation of citizens was inevitable to curb the spread of coronavirus. He highlighted that severely affected areas due to coronavirus would be sealed in future as well. He stressed that life could be protected by leading one's life with precaution and care.

CM informed that coronavirus testing capacity had reached 12 thousand persons per day and the number of high dependency units had been increased in the hospitals of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and other cities. He asserted that indiscriminate action was ongoing against those elements involved in hoarding and selling coronavirus medicines at high rates across the province. CM warned that shortage of medicines or injections would not be tolerated under any circumstance. CM deplored that leaders of opposition parties were the torchbearers of negative politics and had caused immense loss to the national...