Pakistan Day: Politicians urge nation to take safety measures

KARACHI: Pakistani politicians from different parties have urged the people of Pakistan to take safety measures and remain in self-isolation due to coronavirus.

‘Bilawal Bhutto’

In this regard, Pakistan Peoples’ Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has said that the political leadership of Pakistan needed to demonstrate unity which was shown at the time of Pakistan Resolution decades earlier.

Bilawal Bhutto said, “PPP is the actual flagbearer of the ideology of Pakistan and Pakistan Resolution.”

He further said, “The coronavirus had affected the entire country, it was crucial that people took preventive measures.”

‘Chief Ministers’

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took to Twitter and said, “This Pakistan Day, the nation can express unity by ‘staying apart’ to guard against the coronavirus.”

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, in his message to nation, said that solidarity and self-isolation were the need of the hour on this Pakistan Day.

CM Balochistan Jam Kamal term Pakistan Day a cause of pride and said that people of Pakistan needed to show responsibility as a health crisis loomed on the horizon. 

Earlier today, President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan said the nation should demonstrate unity, discipline, and passion in fighting the coronavirus pandemic that has engulfed the whole world.

So far, coronavirus has claimed lives of 6 people in Pakistan and has infected more than 800 people. Sindh has remained the most affected province of the country.