JI Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has said that the government cannot go on a "solo flight", saying that no country in the world has shown such "non-seriousness" in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic as Pakistan.

He said that the quarantine centre in Taftan was not a camp but a "barn".

He also criticised the federal government for creating confusion by giving "mixed messages".

He said that on March 22, the prime minister had opposed the lockdown but "the same day, a lockdown was enforced in Sindh and Gilgit Baltistan."

Khan added that both even Balochistan and Punjab had asked for armed forces' assistance that same night.