PPP has rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's tweet, in which he said that his team was "among the first ones to enforce smart lockdowns" and thanked them for helping him navigate the country through the pandemic.

In a statement, PPP Information Secretary Dr Nafisa Shah said that the premier's smart lockdowns were the "cause of thousands of deaths", adding that Khan could not "hide the facts by giving baseless statements which were opposite to reality".

"It is incomprehensible how the prime minister can be proud of his inefficient team. Somebody should tell him that it is because of his inefficient team that cases have crossed 200,000," she said.

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