PPP demands Parliament session to discuss government’s relief package

Islamabad: Secretary Information Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Dr. Nafisa Shah, deputy secretary information PPP Palwasha Khan and Senator Rubina Khalid in a joint press conference at media office Islamabad have demanded to convene parliament session so that the relief package by the federal government can be approved.

Otherwise, this package will be deemed as illegal because a large amount of this package is being used on daily expenses.

The PPP women leaders said that the Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the very beginning had said that we have to fight Covid-19 together, but the federal government is at war with the PPP and Sind government. They said that doctors held a press conference in Karachi yesterday and informed the nation that Covid-19 is spreading with an alarming speed and demanded strict lockdown to contain this disease. They demanded that a policy on a national level should be chalked out keeping the direction and warning of WHO.

They said that the prime minister has taken his begging bowl to the Pakistanis living abroad without realizing that the Pakistani Diaspora is in immense difficulty in Europe and USA because of the Covid-19. They said that the number of new cases should be enough to make federal government realize that its policies are detrimental to Pakistan. Doctors who have put their lives on stake have warned us of the entire situation we may face if the lockdown is not continued in the country. So far, three doctors and two nurses have lost their lives fighting Covid-19. It is unfortunate that the government has failed to announce any relief package for the families of these Shaheeds.

Palwasha Khan asked the prime minister that how much have their rich ministers and advisors donated to the Covid-19 fund. She said that the travelling and dining allowances of these federal ministers and advisors should immediately be halted. Senator Rubina Khalid said that if the traders in Karachi are incited by the federal government and PTI local leaders then this incitement will reach everywhere in Pakistan. She said that the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is very alarming but even then the government is planning on opening borders with Afghanistan which will further deteriorate the situation.