Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah hinted on Thursday at a two-week lockdown in the province to contain the third wave of coronavirus infections. The Sindh chief minister had also proposed a two-week lockdown in the province in a National Coordination Committee meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan. But the federal authorities didn t endorse the recommendation. CM Shah said on Thursday that the suggestion wasn’t rejected by the prime minister. Sindh remained safer than other provinces because it suspended buses, trains and planes last year, he told reporters in Karachi. The chief minister said he has summoned a meeting of the provincial taskforce on coronavirus Friday. .
Sindh to take action if NCOC doesn t heed suggestion on transport: CM Murad Ali Shah
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah addresses an event in Karachi, Pakistan, April 1, 2021. Geo News/Screengrab via Geo.tv
KARACHI: The government of Sindh would have to take action by itself if Pakistan s nerve centre to monitor the coronavirus situation failed to heed its suggestion to close inter-provincial transport to curb rising COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Thursday.
Addressing an event here at Karachi s Sindh Institute of Animal Health, CM Shah questioned the PTI-led federal government s decision to impose a coronavirus lockdown earlier when it was the one that criticised the move when Sindh went ahead with the plan.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that provincial govt would implement a ban on inter-city transport movement if federal govt did not consider the request
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