Murad blames Centre for rapid virus spread

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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday blamed the federal government for rapid spread of Covid-19 across the country.

SINDH Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah along with PPP leaders Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nasir Hussain Shah and Murtaza Wahab leaving the NAB office after hearing.—Online
SINDH Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah along with PPP leaders Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nasir Hussain Shah and Murtaza Wahab leaving the NAB office after hearing.—Online

Hitting out at the federal government, the Sindh chief minister said coronavirus spread in the country because there was no check on borders. “I advised the federal government in March to seal all borders and send people coming from different countries to proper quarantine centres, but it was not accepted which resulted in trajectory of the virus in April,” he added.

He urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to think for the whole country keeping in view the lives of people. “Sindh is not an island but a part of the country. We have to think for the entire country.”

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