President Arif Alvi on Thursday said that there was no threat to the incumbent government-led by Prime Minister Imran Khan, ARY NEWS reported.
Talking to a private news channel, Arif Alvi said that he was in contact with the premier on daily-basis and decisions on important matters also included his suggestions.
He negated the media reports that a summary is being forwarded to him to dissolve the incumbent assembly.
“It was important to publicise report on sugar and wheat prices,” he said while responding on the matter and added that more revelations would be made soon after the forensic probe report on the matter is tabled before the prime minister.
The president said that the masses want elimination of inflation and unemployment from the country and after publicizing of the reports, people came to know of under the carpet games played in the country.
Arif Alvi said that it was not the first time that Imran Khan has taken strict action against his party men. “When reports emerged that 22 PTI lawmakers had received money for selling their votes in Senate election, Khan took action against all of them,” he said.
He said that they planned to divert the country on the track of prosperity within six months after coming into power. However, after taking the reins, we came to know that the treasury was emptied by the previous rulers, he said.
The president said that the PTI-led federal government has emphasized on improving health and education sector in the country. “Further improvement could be made in the sectors after properly utilizing the 18th amendment,” he said while rejecting the notion that coronavirus is a conspiracy.
He, however, said that the country was currently guided on the right track towards prosperity under the leadership of Imran Khan.
Separately, President Dr Arif Alvi underscored that with Coronavirus becoming a threat to global health system, massive efforts were required to deal with the dangers posed by the deadly virus.
He was talking to an eight-member team of Chinese doctors and medical experts which led by Dr. Ma Minghui, an expert in infectious diseases, called on him here.
The president thanked the medical team for visiting Pakistan when it was relentlessly engaged in containing the spread of Coronavirus.
He particularly thanked the Chinese government for dispatching the team to Pakistan at such a critical and momentous time.
It was reiterated by the president that both Pakistan and China, two iron brothers, needed to deepen their cooperation in battling the infectious diseases.
He underlined that there should be more exchanges between medical and health professionals of both countries to chalk out strategies to effectively contain the spread of such epidemics in future.
The president fondly recalled his recent solidarity visit to China that helped deepen his understanding of China’s far-reaching and effective efforts to control the spread of Covid-19.
He particularly noted that Chinese leadership had undertaken massive and incredible efforts to control the epidemic and expressed delight that the lockdown from Wuhan city had now been lifted.
The president underlined the need to invest more in research and medicine to protect people from insidious and treacherous pandemics like COVID-19.
The medical experts thanked government of Pakistan for inviting them and helping them share their experiences in dealing with the aftermath of Coronavirus.
The team lauded the swift efforts of the government of Pakistan that led to the containment of the virus and hoped that, with continuing measures, Pakistan would overcome the spread of Coronavirus.
The team arrived in Islamabad on 28th March and was visiting Pakistan for two weeks. The team visited medical institutions and hospitals in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. It also held a video-conference with the medical experts, public health officials and civil servants from AJK, KP, Baluchistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The team shared its expertise on ways to effectively combat the Coronavirus. The visit of Chinese medical experts, while Pakistan was in the midst of battling Coronavirus, testified that both the people and the government of Pakistan and China stood by each other through thick and thin.
It also reaffirmed the vitality of Pakistan-China All-Weather Strategic Co-operative Partnership.
