CM Balochistan visits Quetta to ensure lockdown arrangements

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal has paid a surprise visit to Quetta to inspect the arrangements of the lockdown in the province.

During the visit, the chief minister said that he was satisfied over the arrangements made to ensure lockdown amid the spread of the coronavirus.

Kamal was also satisfied with the administration over the lockdown arrangements. While speaking to journalists, he said that Quetta could not be put under complete lockdown as most of the things were transported to the city from other parts of the province and the country.

The chief minister highlighted precautionary measures to beat the disease by saying that the precautionary measures were the only solution to control the alarming situation.

He also urged philanthropists to come forward to help the people of the province as the government was trying its utmost not to disturb the citizens due to lockdown.

Read more: CM Balochistan responds to criticism on handling of people at Taftan

Earlier, Jam Kamal Khan responded to the criticism of handling people arriving at the Taftan border. Responding to a tweet terming the border point as “the single largest point of entry into Pakistan for the virus”, Jam Kamal Khan said that the quarantine camps at Taftan have restricted and limited the people.

CM Balochistan said, “It must be considered that the measures were taken “may have stopped the virus reaching to millions”.

He wrote, “Quarantine at Taftan restricted and limited people and made all of us know each area’s people there,” he wrote.