Shehbaz expresses concerns over PM Imran Khan's 'confusion' regarding COVID-19.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed concerns over Prime Minister Imran Khan's confusion regarding novel coronavirus.

In a statement issued on social media, Shehbaz Sharif said that the premier's statement based on confusion is a proof of being continuously in a state of denial. The PM is giving contradictory statements over increasing cases of COVID-19, Shehbaz Sharif said.

'People are paying the price of this confusion with their lives. We repeatedly identified this confusion and chaos, and demanded to devise a joint strategy against the pandemic.

'Staggering rise in coronavirus deaths and patients is ongoing whereas the prime minister makes a new excuse daily. Speaking against provinces is not a solution to this problem.

'This is not the time to make excuses as people are dying due to lack of measures and waste of time. Now is the time to help the nation.

'The premier should be briefed in the National Command Operation Center...