Firdous Ashiq opposes playing politics amid Coronavirus threat

Firdous Ashiq opposes playing politics amid Coronavirus threat.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said Prime Minister Imran Khan is fighting against both coronavirus and hunger.

Firdous Ashiq opposes playing politics

She urged everyone should support him.

In a series of tweets on Saturday, she underlined this is no time for politics.

She further said that our real mission is to control coronavirus in all the provinces instead of doing politics. This is no time for politics.

The Special Assistant said Imran Khan gave the largest package of the country’s history for deserving people and laborers.

She said Punjab government has announced one month additional salary for doctors, nurses and paramedical staff fighting coronavirus on the forefront.

A financial assistance of four million rupees for scale one to 16 and eight million rupees for scale 17 and above is part of the martyrs package.

بلا جواز تنقید کرنے والوں کی لاعلمی پر افسوس ہی کیا جا سکتا ہے۔وزہراعظم عمران خان نے مستحق افراد،مزدورں اور محنت کشوں کیلئے ملکی تاریخ کا سب سے بڑا پیکج دیا۔پنجاب نے اگلے محاذ پر ڈٹے ڈاکٹروں نرسوں اور طبی عملے کو ایک ماہ کی اضافی تنخواہ دینے کا اعلان کیا ہے۔

— Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousAwan) April 18, 2020

Coronavirus death toll rose to 143

Coronavirus death toll increasedto 143 in Pakistan while total cases rose to 7421.

Government confirmed the total number of coronavirus infection cases in the country reached 7,481.

These include Punjab, 3391, Sindh, 2217, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1077, Balochistan 335, Islamabad Capital Territory 163, Gilgit-Baltistan 250, and Azad Kashmir 48 cases.

So far 1,832 patients of Coronavirus have been recovered, while 143 died.

According to official data: 47 died of COVID-19 in Sindh while Punjab reported 37 deaths.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reported 50 deaths, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT): 01 and Balochistan: 05.

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) reported 03 deaths.

Moreover, 41 others remain critically infected.

According to National Command and Operation Center, 92,584 tests have been conducted since outbreak of the pandemic.

They noted 62 percent of them as local transmission while 38 percent through foreign travel.

GTV