Sheer incompetence': PML-N terms govt's rescue package 'insufficient'.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has criticised the financial stimulus package announced by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, terming it 'grossly insufficient and vague' for lack of implementation mechanism.

In a statement issued after the meeting of PML-N lawmakers and senior leadership under the chairmanship of party chief Shehbaz Sharif, the major opposition party demanded the 'inclusion of the clearly defined strategy and implementation mechanism presented by National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif'.

The moot discussed the measures taken by the government in the wake of the corona pandemic. According to the statement, 'The meeting concluded that the government...made a mess of a single quarantine center at Taftaan...[and] single-handedly jeopardized the lives of the entire nation.'

The PML-N said it feared that due to 'sheer incompetence of this government there was high likelihood that these quarantine facilities can become festering grounds for the virus'.

The meeting also doubted the 'sincerity of the government regarding utility stores considering PTI's track record over the sugar and wheat crisis'.The PML-N urged the government to bring down the petrol price to Rs70/litre due to the decrease in international prices.

It also pointed out 'ambiguity left by the government regarding the Rs 200 billion set for laborers and pointed out that it has not been clarified that this what proportion of this amount will be given by the federal government and what amount by the provinces'.

'Neither has PTI mentioned a date nor has the government defined a mechanism for the distribution of this amount while...