PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari says the coronavirus crisis has exposed "the true faces" of world leaders including US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and "unfortunately it has also revealed our own prime minister's ineptitude".

Addressing the treasury benches, he said: "What you spoke about today wasn't based on facts. You are only scoring political points. We only need help; we don't need or want politics."

He alleged that the federal government is "constantly undermining" Sindh's efforts to fight the outbreak, due to which he said the people of Pakistan will suffer and not the Sindh government.

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