Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing & Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest & Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the federal government had taken wise decision to not to resume the international flight operation from April 5.
Provincial Minister for Information said that the resumption of flights from April 5 could had been too early. He said that only time and situation would decide when to resume these flight operations. Earlier, while reacting to the decision of the federal government, Syed Nasir Hussian Shah in his tweet called the decision taken by the federal government to resume the international flights from April 5, unwise. Provincial Minister for Information said that it was too early to decide about the resumption of international flights. He said that in these testing times of the history of the county, all the provincial governments were adopting those drastic measures which they had never taken before.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the federal government should first take into confidence all the provincial governments before taking any such decision like the resumption of international flights. Provincial Minister for Information since the cases of Coronavirus were emerging from all over the country, therefore, a unanimous health advisory should be issued for every province. In a statement on Sunday Syed Nasir Hussin Shah said, “We can fight against the spread of Coronavirus more effectively, if we are together”, he said.
Meanwhile, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while presiding over the 32nd meeting of the task force on Coronavirus had instructed that while delivering the ration as well as the cash first and far most priority must be given to the families of daily wagers. Provincial Minister for Information said that the Sindh government was devising a mechanism through which the families of these daily wagers would be approached without any difficulty. He said that in this regard a relief initiative app had also been developed and through this app it had also been suggested that all the daily wagers could be registered on this app through their computer National Identification Cards.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the Sindh government was doing its utmost to reach the real needy families in this difficult time. In this regard all the stakeholders including the members of the welfare organizations were also on board with the government, he added. Provincial Minister for Information said that Sindh government would never leave its people alone in these testing times of the history. He said that during the meeting of the task force the representatives of the welfare organizations reassured Chief Minister Sindh to cooperate fully with the Sindh government. They also apprised him progress of distribution of ration to the needy families during the lock down so far, he added.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the Chief Minister thanked the representatives of all the welfare organizations for becoming the helping hands of the government in this difficult time. Provincial Minister for Information also said that Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had also directed the Sindh government that every single needy person should be approached. He said that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had told the government that in case of the needy people there should be no compromise at all.
Speaking about the drastic measures adopted by the Sindh government to control the spread of Coronavirus, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that although it was an extremely difficult decision to ban congregation prayers including the Friday prayers but they had been left with no other choice if the people’s lives were to be saved. Provincial Minister for Information said that this decision was taken only after consulting the clerics of all the schools of thoughts. He said that it was imperative in order to maintain social distancing. Similarly, in order to ensure social distancing it was also being ensured that the people followed the new timings of the lock down, he added, The Minister said that the complete lock down timings had been increased and now all the shops including that of groceries, vegetables, fruits and dairy shops would now be shut down at 05:00pm instead of earlier timings of 08:00pm daily till the situation improved, the Minister added.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the people engaged delivering essential services had not been banned since day one of the lock down. The Minister informed that quarantine centres had also been set up with the help Pakistan Army in various districts of the province, including more than1000-bed hospital at Expo Centre in Karachi, he said. The Minister said that the quarantine centres were also being set up in private hospitals and hotels as well.
