Covid-19: Punjab govt fails to follow protocol as corona positive officers forced to work.

ISLAMABAD -- A civil servant officer undergoing training at Postal Services of Pakistan Academy, Pir Ali Rashdi, was not allowed quarantine leave by the department's coordinator, Ayesha Nayyar, despite submitting a formal application explaining that he was experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus, Pakistan Today has learnt.

It may e noted here that the officer was confirmed to have the coronavirus after receiving test results on Tuesday,

'I informed my coordinator through Whatsapp a while back that I was experiencing symptoms. She said that I had to go to the office none the less. A couple of days ago, I once again informed her of losing my sense of smell and taste and that other symptoms were also gaining severity, to which she replied that everyone is having symptoms these days and 'it is not enough for you to take a leave',' he told this scribe.

'My test results came out positive today but the fact of the matter is that I was forced to put on risk not only two probationers working alongside me but also several common citizens because I was on field duty,' said Ali, expressing his guilt of exposing probably hundreds of others to the infection in order to comply with his senior's orders.

Similarly, other government officers including Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Compliance Commissioner Farrukh Sabzwari, SECP Islamic Finance Department Executive Director Bilal Rasul and a number of other members of the compliance department of SECP also tested positive a few days ago.

But despite all these employees...