50,000 pilgrims gather in Pakistan despite coronavirus concerns

[Longhorn]

Huge infection happen with the similar religious gathering in Malaysia. Stupid Malaysian leader doesnt even try to stop the gathering. Many Malaysian get infected and some Indonesian and Brunei.

Only Jumat prayer and 5 times jamaah prayer that should be allowed, other than that are not a religious obligation and should be banned.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-spike-after-outbreak-at-16-000-strong-event

Even jummah prayer and jamaat prayer should be suspended. People can pray at home rather than infect each other.
All gatherings, religious or otherwise, should be avoided.

 

[ThinkLogically]

83 patients test positive for coronavirus just today itself.

 

[Longhorn]

Tablighi jamaat don't go to Iran for pilgrimage and unlikely to be carriers of Corona virus.
The tens of thousands of Shia who had been crossing borders to and from Iran despite an epidemic in Iran and government warning, and still doing so. They are to be blamed.

You don't need to go to Iran to be infected.

 

[Sc0lar_Vis@ri]

You don't need to go to Iran to be infected.

Imran Khan ko bulayein to address a national gathering...!!! Wo to gaya..chalo aaj Kal SMQ kahan hai???

 

[Safriz]

You don't need to go to Iran to be infected.

That's where the pendamic is going on. But Shia pilgrims won't stop going and many come back with fake health certificate and others run away from quarantine. Put the blame where it belongs.

 

[Longhorn]

Imran Khan ko bulayein to address a national gathering...!!! Wo to gaya..chalo aaj Kal SMQ kahan hai???

Sorry, your post doesn't make any sense to me.

That's where the pendamic is going on. But Shia pilgrims won't stop going and many come back with fake health certificate and others run away from quarantine. Put the blame where it belongs.

It's not a question of blaming people on a sectarian basis.
People need to be prevented from going to Iran and if they won't stop going, they need to be prevented from coming back in.
However, it is also pretty stupid of 50000 people to get together for an ijtima at a time like this.

 

[M.AsfandYar]

I supported Imran Khan but I know realize that Imran Khan is incompetent. Imran Khan government neither has a plan nor policy to decisively take against spread of Coronavirus in Pakistan. This gathering must have been canceled and banned few weeks or days ago but nothing has been done. Only when there is a major crisis Imran Khan will get up and taken action now he is busy watching the Cricket match.

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pak...-despite-coronavirus-concerns-1.1584119639994

50,000 pilgrims gather in Pakistan despite coronavirus concerns
Lawmakers demand joint session of parliament to discuss strategy against virus

Published: March 13, 2020 21:05 Agencies

Worshippers leave from the three-day annual Tablighi Ijtema religious gathering in Raiwind on the outskirts of Lahore on March 13, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
Lahore: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in eastern Pakistan this week amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, ignoring government warnings that such events could propagate the disease.

Organisers late on Thursday curtailed the annual Tablighi Ijtema congregation, which had drawn people from across the country, but cited rainy weather as the cause.

The early closure came after about 250,000 people had already congregated in camps near Lahore since Wednesday for the five day festival.

“Most of the people have returned to their homes but still tens of thousands of people are here. They will return today,” one of the event’s organisers Ehsanullah, said yesterday.

Pakistan has only recorded 21 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and no deaths, but officials have tested fewer than 500 potential cases in the country of about 215 million, where health care is frequently inadequate.

The federal government has yet to enforce nationwide measures to contain a possible outbreak, leaving provinces to act independently. Organisers of the Tablighi Ijtema were free to ignore government advice to postpone.

“The government asked us to cancel the gathering because of the coronavirus, but our elders and organisers decided that the gathering will proceed as planned,” Ehsanullah said.

Meanwhile, lawmakers from the government and opposition parties in the National Assembly yesterday demanded the government to call joint session of the parliament to discuss steps at government level to control spread of Coronavirus epidemic.

Speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, the former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said, “Joint session of Parliament should be summoned immediately to discuss the corona virus to take steps at government level for controlling its spread.”

why doesn't tableeghi jamaat end it? surely its common sense as well.


you want to revise your bulls#it statement?

Its been done. Government asked them to pack up and they agreed to leave this past Friday/ Sat.

 

[Safriz]

Sorry, your post doesn't make any sense to me.


It's not a question of blaming people on a sectarian basis.
People need to be prevented from going to Iran and if they won't stop going, they need to be prevented from coming back in.
However, it is also pretty stupid of 50000 people to get together for an ijtima at a time like this.

So you are implying that thousands traveling to a known Corona virus epidemic zone has no implications but every other gathering in areas where there is no epidemic is worse?
You deserve a genius award

 

[Asian.Century]

 

[Indos]

83 patients test positive for coronavirus just today itself.

Which patients ? India or Pakistan ?

 

[ThinkLogically]

Which patients ? India or Pakistan ?

https://prnt.sc/rhaz9u
83 today alone for Pakistan.

Total number of covid19 patients in Pakistan now is 136

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Shoot some ak47s in the air and disperse

That's where the pendamic is going on. But Shia pilgrims won't stop going and many come back with fake health certificate and others run away from quarantine. Put the blame where it belongs.

This is certainly a major major problem, mishandled by the government. However, it is not the only source and presently, all mass gatherings need to be stopped

 

[LeGenD]

https://prnt.sc/rhaz9u
83 today alone for Pakistan.

Total number of covid19 patients in Pakistan now is 136

Over 180 now.

 

[ThinkLogically]

Over 180 now.

Whaaat? Unbelievable

How such a sudden surge is possible. Possible only if it virus has reached the general population rather than travelers.

 

[LeGenD]

Whaaat? Unbelievable

How such a sudden surge is possible. Possible only if it virus has reached the general population rather than travelers.

Camp(s) near Iranian border had inadequate screening measures. Very unfortunate.