Pakistan’s Opposition parties on Monday accused Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Government of mishandling the coronavirus crisis, as the total number of the Covid-19 patients in the country rose to 31,684.
During a National Assembly session convened after a gap of nearly two months, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Defence Minister Khawaja Asif led the criticism.
Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri chaired the session in the absence of Speaker Asad Qaiser who is recovering from the coronavirus.
The meeting is the first since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.
Asif said that the federal government was confused over the issue of how to handle the coronavirus crisis.
“The current situation that we are in is due to the approximately two months-long negligence showed by the Government. When we had fewer deaths, the entire country was completely shut down. Now that we are seeing a dangerous spike in cases, they are easing lockdown restrictions,” he said.