KP CM highlights issues which overseas stranded Pakistanis face in Saudi Arabia

KP CM highlights issues which overseas stranded Pakistanis face in Saudi Arabia, presently.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan informed National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) about these issued during a meeting.

KP CM highlights issues

The provincial chief ministers joined the NCOC meeting through video link.

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar presided over the meeting.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa He highlighted the issues which overseas Pakistanis stranded in Saudi Arabia are facing.

He requested the forum to provide assistance in this regard.

Meanwhile, the provincial chief ministers agreed to the negative list which National Command and Operation Centre proposed to allow operational activities to the left over economic and industrial sectors halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar expressed his agreement on the negative list aimed at allowing left over closed economic sectors with strict compliance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS).

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said that they agreed ti negative list. But he added that opening of restaurants with SOPs compliance not possible as proposed in the negative list.

The female parliamentary Secretary conveyed the comments of Balochistan CM Jam Kamal Khan who she represented.

She mentioned that SOPs compliance was a major challenge in the province and, therefore, it was not possible to open up schools in the prevailing contagion.

Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman also agreed to the proposed negative list and said that GB had already closed the sectors flagged in the list.

AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan said that there was a need to deploy provincial health assets on the Airports of the country for swift screening and credible data gathering.

Asad Umar said national and political leadership at the forum agreed upon the right to earn livelihood without jeopardizing other people’s life by spreading the virus and that punitive actions should be undertaken to ensure strict compliance of SOPs.

GTV