MQM-P lawmaker Sheikh Salahuddin, while speaking on the floor of the parliament, reminded the lower house that earlier, when the government had decided not to bring back Pakistani students from Wuhan, the opposition had criticised it.

"But the government did the right thing by not paying heed to opposition's demand. Today, it has been proved that the decision was right," he said.

The MNA was speaking after PML-N lawmaker Shahid Khaqan Abbasi dished heavy criticism over the government's policy to cope with the pandemic.