Islamabad: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday lambasted Prime Minister Imran Khan for his absence during a Senate session to discuss the coronavirus situation in the country.
In Senate session held to discuss the situation arising out of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic under Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, PPP Parliamentary leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman took over the floor, questioning the alleged lack of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s policy.
The Senate session was convened for the first time since the pandemic after a requisition was submitted by opposition members. Speaking during the session, Rehman severely criticised the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying that the premier had been giving out confusing messages.
‘Where is the PM? Who is running the country?’, she said, adding that the premier is “missing” these days.
Rehman lamented that the doctors are repeatedly warning that the healthcare system will outrun its capacity, but their statements are being neglected.
PML-N’s Senator Musadiq Malik also joined Rehman in criticizing Prime Minister’s absence from the parliamentary session and added that by lifting the lockdown, the government was moving towards “herd immunity”.
Herd immunity is developed when a large number of people from a population develop antibodies against a virus and, therefore, become immune to it. “It means that after 60-70pc are infected and many people are dead, those who have survived will turn the wheel of the economy. But graveyards do not have an economic wheel,” he told the Senate.
Malik recommended that the government divides the entire country into zones and conduct rigourous testing in the most-affected areas. He said that there could be three zones — the green zone where economic activity could be resumed, yellow where there could be a “relaxed lockdown” and red zones which would be placed under quarantine.
