PPP urges Punjab govt to come out of inertia to fight COVID-19.

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said that the situation of coronavirus outbreak has worsened in Punjab due to the negligence and inept approach of the government of the province, while the prices of all the edible items including sugar, wheat, fruits and cooking oil have also been increased in recent days.

The PPP has urged the Punjab government to immediately play an active role to provide relief to the people in this hard time of pandemic. "We reject the Tiger Force formed by the Prime Minister and the local committees should be constituted on the pattern of Sindh government having representation of all the political parties and NGOs to control the prices of edible items in this hard time," said PPP Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira after chairing a meeting of Central Punjab chapter. He was talking to the participants of meeting of Punjab Executive Committee of PPP on Sunday through video link.

As per the details, Qamar Zaman Kaira said that the government must control the prices of edible items through effective enforcement of market committees and district administration. He also nominated the Parliamentary Leader of PPP Punjab MPA Syed Hassan Murtaza as the focal person to contact the Speaker Punjab Assembly and Chief Minister Punjab immediately to give them suggestions to control the outbreak of Corona Virus. He was of the view that the Punjab government is not doing the screening of the suspected patients in proper way while the medics are also not being given the safety kits to examine the patients. He also demanded to restore the Local...