Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, taking part in the debate on budget proposals by the federal government in the National Assembly on Tuesday, has said that the Covid-19 is a challenge. In the past, such pandemics have destroyed ancient civilizations and have broken nations apart. Every fifteen minute, a Pakistani succumbs to the Covid-19 and passes away. The other challenge facing us is the locust attack which is the most severe locust attack in twenty five years; there is a threat of floods and economic depression in the country.He said, “This budget is not a budget for the current situation. This budget is not a budget for current times and that too, of a country battling the Covid-19 and locust attacks. This is a budget for another country, another situation and from another time. 149 lac people are suffering from Covid-19 and approximately 3000 have passed away. 2000 doctors and paramedics have been infected and 40 have passed away but the government has no policy.”
Someone had said that Covid-19 is just like a cold or flu, it is not lethal, it would end on its own in the summer and that it is not a pandemic, he added. Chairman Bilawal said, how dare you blame the Pakistani people for your criminal negligence? The people will surely give you an answer in the elections.
