Legislators express dismay over govt measures against coronavirus.

ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of Upper House of Parliament on Friday expressed serious reservations over government measures against Corona virus and demanded formation of taskforce for its control.

Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik said that committee had already directed to establish isolation centre in all cities and at every airport. He said that the committee 14-points suggestion should be implemented. The committee asserted that a task force must be formed under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister, who must personally look at all affairs concerning precautionary measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus in Pakistan. The legislators advised that all provincial chief secretaries, provincial health secretaries and heads of health departments should be included in the task force.

The committee also condemned the ongoing massacre of Muslims in India and expressed great grief over the martyrdom of 46 Muslims in Delhi riots and prayed for their departed souls. Rehman Malik said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brutalities are not only limited to the IOK but the streets of Delhi were also stained with the blood of innocent Muslims. He said that it was heartbreaking to see the photographs and videos that activists of the RSS and BJP in mobs with sticks, iron rods and stones roaming freely on the streets of Delhi beating, humiliating and murdering unarmed Muslims. He urged the international community to intervene and stop the ongoing massacre of Muslims in India. He regretted that US President Donald Trump on his visit to India did not take up the issue with the Indian Government.

While considering precautionary and preventative measures being taken by the government to stop the potential spread of Coronavirus in Pakistan, Senator A. Rehman Malik said that a special meeting of the committee was held on 27th February on the issue of Coronavirus when the first two cases had been confirmed in Pakistan. He said that the committee was briefed by Executive Director National Institute of Health, FIA and clear directions were given to them for necessary measures at airports, dry ports and other entry points.

The committee members demanded the government to immediately summon the Special Joint Session of the Parliament to chalk out a comprehensive roadmap...