Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing &Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that although the directives had been issued to the law enforcement agencies to treat the people gently, the people should also follow the government’s directives regarding the lockdown and cooperate with security personnel. Provincial Minister for Information said that if people ignored the directives issued by the government regarding the lock down, then there was no other way left except for taking action against them according to the law. He said that the decision of the lock down had been taken by the Sindh government in a state of utmost compulsion, adding that the people should not consider it as a curfew but it was rather “Care for You”, indeed. By staying at their homes, people could protect not only themselves but their families and others from being infected with Coronavirus, the Minister said.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah was not only extremely worried, but he was also taking all the necessary decisions swiftly to protect people from being affected by the Coronavirus. Provincial Minister for Information said that Chief Minister Sindh had repeatedly made it clear that the government did not want to adopt any drastic measure, but owing to some lawless and careless people if the government needed to adopt further drastic measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the government would not hesitate to do so. He said the government was very concerned about people working on daily wages before taking drastic measures, and for which they were arranging to provide rations to their homes with the help of welfare organisations.
Sayed Nasir Hussain Shah said that without the help of these welfare organizations delivering rations to every needy person was a difficult task indeed, if not impossible. Provincial Information Minister said that Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was also very concerned about distribution of rations among the needy and creating awareness among the people about the Coronavirus, and he had also instructed Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah in this regard. He said that In the light of Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s instructions, the Chief Minister Sindh was busy taking necessary steps and adopting all the right measures day and night to reach to every single needy person in these testing times. Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that Chief Minister Sindh was presiding over the meetings with the concerned institutions and individuals on a daily basis, adding that these meetings discussed in detail what further needed to be done to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus and about the necessary steps to be taken to provide ration to the people at their homes. Provincial Minister for Information said that in order to create awareness amongst the people regarding the spread of Coronavirus PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had formed an awareness committee comprising senior members of the PPP. The Minister said that he had also been included in the awareness committee on which he thanked Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for trusting him. News Desk
