Call for joint efforts to curb pandemic

LAHORE:Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that Pakistan cannot afford any lapse in ensuring protective measures to ward off the threat of coronavirus.

The governor was speaking to chief secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik, Ulema belonging to different schools of thought, Universities Vice-Chancellors and a delegation of traders, who called on him at Governor’s House on Tuesday. The governor lauded the government and security organisations for their role in controlling the spread of coronavirus and stressed that Ulema and all other segments of society should play their due role in protecting the people from coronavirus.

The chief secretary briefed the governor about measures to control the spread of coronavirus and action against the hoarders. The governor said the hoarders deserved no sympathy and stressed that the government functionaries should take strict action against all such elements.

Meanwhile, Pir Nazim Husain Shah, Maulana Asim Makhdoom, Mufti Ashiq Husain and others called on the governor at Governor’s House and assured that Ulema were supporting the government machinery wholeheartedly in the war against coronavirus. Later, Rahim Yar Khan University Vice-Chancellor Dr Salman Tahir, Agriculture University Faisalabad VC Dr Ashraf and UET Multan Campus VC Amir Ejaz also called on governor and presented Rs6 million cheques for the PM’s Corona Relief Fund. The governor said the role of universities in the wake of coronavirus threat was exemplary and stressed that the whole nation needed to get united to defeat the pandemic.