Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaks outside NAB office in Islamabad. — DawnNewsTV
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaks outside NAB office in Islamabad. — DawnNewsTV

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said that he does not blame the public for violation of standard operating procedures as "mixed messages" have created confusion regarding the seriousness of the virus.

He demanded that a "unified message" be given to people so that they can obey SOPs set by governments.

The chief minister said that "nothing was more important than the lives of people".

"The poor people everyone is supposedly concerned about — and we should be concerned, it's a good thing — but if a daily wage worker [...] dies from the virus, how will his children eat for the rest of their lives?"

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