PTI blames Opposition for 'politicising' corona virus issue.

Byline: Imran Mukhtar

ISLAMABAD -- The ruling Pakistan Taehreek-e-Insaf has blamed the opposition for 'politicising' the rising cases of deadly coronavirus in the country inviting all political parties to jointly fight against a common enemy.

The two major opposition parties-the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-have been continuously criticising the federal government over its alleged slow response to the threat of novel coronavirus. Smaller opposition parties have also levelled similar allegations against Prime Minister Imran Khan's government.

The senior leaders of PTI have rejected the accusations saying that the opposition was only doing point-scoring on a disease that has badly affected the whole world including the developed countries and the affected cases are on the rise with each passing day. On Wednesday, the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 247 in Pakistan.

'The need of the hour is that we have to fight against our common enemy-the COVID-19,' said Ahmad Jawad, Central Secretary Information PTI while talking to The Nation. He said that they needed to form a join strategy to eliminate this enemy; otherwise all segments of society; the common people, the government, the opposition and the media would be equally vulnerable to it. 'The disease will not discriminate anyone,' he said.

'To fight for this common enemy, we need to shut down politics for some period of time,' secretary information of the ruling party said adding that the opposition should avoid doing politics on it. Refuting the allegations of opposition, Jawad said that their response was quick and they were taking all necessary measures carefully keeping in view the developments on a daily basis. The government is taking tough decisions with its limited resources. He said that all countries that were affected by coronavirus have taken measures step-by-step. Such decisions have to be taken very carefully because these largely impact the businesses, the trade, and food supplies and the panic situation among public arises.

'In extraordinary situation, your all actions don't look compatible and perhaps the opposition is criticising the government because of the same reason,' said secretary information.

The opposition parties have alleged that the federal government had failed to control the border along Iran and...

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