Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar Monday criticized Leader of the Opposition, Shehbaz Sharif, for holding a rally in Swat, saying if he wants to serve the country he should stop holding jalsas with thousands in attendance.
Taking to Twitter, the federal minister took a jibe at the PML-N president and said, “Shahbaz sharif in his NA speech lectured about amazing things he would have done to stop COVID if he was in power”.
“[The] least he can do is not do jalsas with thousands of people as he did in swat yesterday. Or is he only willing to do something positive for Pakistan if he is in power?” the minister tweeted.
The Opposition alliance had organized an anti-government rally in Khyber Pakthtunkha, at which Sharif and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman spoke, alongside other leaders of the PDM.
Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operation Centre, had last month warned that the fourth COVID-19 wave could hit the country in July if SOPs are not followed and advised the masses to get themselves vaccinated.
He had said they analysed data which hinted that another wave of the pandemic can hit Pakistan if safety protocols are not implemented.
