Govt requires to be fully prepared for any health emergency in the wake of global outbreak of deadly corona-virus: Siraj.

ISLAMABAD -- Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Senator Sirajul Haq has said the government requires to be fully prepared for any health emergency in the wake of global outbreak of deadly corona-virus.

Talking to journalists outside the Parliament House on Friday, he said the families of the Pakistani students and other citizens stranded in China were worried about the health condition of their loves ones. The government, he added, should ensure the direct contacts of the students with their families if it had decided not to repatriate them from China. He said the Pakistani nation was standing with Chinese government and people in this difficult time.

Talking about the economic situation, Senator Sirajul Haq said the person who was presented by the PTI as leading tax reformer went on long leave without brining any improvement in the Federal Board of Revenue. He said the Supreme Court rightly expressed concern about the performance of the FBR. He said the bureau was far behind the tax collection targets which along with its own management issues also proved that the demands of the IMF were unjustified and could not be fulfilled in...

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