PML-N sets up 'virus fund' for underprivileged.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has created a coronavirus fund to ensure financial assistance to the underprivileged segment of the society during the lockdown period in Punjab.

This was conveyed to party office holders and PML-N lawmakers in Punjab Assembly during a party meeting jointly presided over by PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah and General Secretary Ahsan Iqbal.

Expressing concern over the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the province, Iqbal said the country had reached such a point due to the 'failure of the government to respond in time'. It was decided that PML-N would supply medical kits wherever needed in the country.

Sanaullah directed the party office holders to distribute ration to the needy in their areas. 'During the period of lockdown, party workers will ensure door to door supply of ration,' he said.

During the session, it was agreed to complete party's reorganisation on provincial and district level to effectively run the coronavirus campaign in Punjab. Meanwhile, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has demanded that patients suffering from coronavirus must be immediately removed from the mainstream hospitals and marriage halls, schools, colleges and mosques should instead be used as quarantine units.

Shehbaz made these remarks after chairing a consultative meeting with doctors, medical experts and medical staff. 'Coronavirus tests should be conducted free of cost and those who have come from across the border should be immediately mapped,' he said.

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