Armed forces fully activated to coordinate civil institutions against coronavirus

[ASKardar]

ISLAMABAD: Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar has said the armed forces are fully prepared and activated to assist civil institutions to combat coronavirus across the country.

Major General Babar Iftikhar was addressing a press conference of National Command and Control Centre along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza and SAPM on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan in Islamabad today.

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“May Allah Almighty prevents the Pakistani nation from coronavirus pandemic. Pakistani armed forces is fully prepared and activated. We are utilising all resources along with civil institutions and in contact with the Centre and provinces to stop the spread of the virus.”

“Army Chief has ordered all formations to provide maximum assistance to the civil administration across the country. All institutions of the armed forces are joint monitoring the developments in the affected areas.”

“The military troops are also assisting civil administration for the construction of quarantine centres besides checking people on entrance spots. Six major airports are opened from March 21’s morning and personnel from armed forces are helping out airport management in screening process.”

“Security forces and its sub-ordinate institutions have continued implementation of orders given by the higher authorities on land routes.”

The military spokesperson detailed that a medical team of all three armed forces including army, navy and air force has been formed and sensitive surgeries are being made in medical facilities.

“Load management is being made in the medical facilities of the armed forces. A team of military troops is in contact with civil administration at Karachi’s Expo Centre and also assisted the construction of a mega quarantine camp with the capacity of 1200 person in Multan. Moreover, a team of specialist doctors from Pakistan Army visited Dera Ghazi Khan,” elaborated Maj Gen Iftikhar.

He stressed the need of carrying out joint efforts on the national level to fight the pandemic. The spokesperson also highlighted the importance of information in the fight against coronavirus.

He said, “The nation is being updated through media regarding the current situation. It is very important to provide timely and accurate information to the people.” Iftikhar said the delivery of timely and accurate data regarding the pandemic could end rumours to stop the spread of fear among nationals.

“Everyone has to exhibit responsibility. [For stopping the outburst of misinformation], the authorities are coordinating with mobile companies for dispatching [related] messages and precautionary tips to the nationals. The prevention tips are being delivered through social media as well besides resolving issues being faced for data collection [related to COVID-19 cases] across the country. Media is playing a key role at this time.”

“The scientists of armed forces are providing assistance to manufacture sanitizers and troops are being sent to the quarantined places. We have finalised crises and risk management strategy to defeat the virus. The nation’s confidence in Pakistani armed forces is a precious asset.”

Iftikhar said the nation will face the challenge and defeat the pandemic with unity.

SOURCE: https://arynews.tv/en/dg-ispr-babar-iftikhar-armed-forces-coronavirus-covid-19

 

[litman]

pak main her marz ki dawa : fauj. dushman say larna ho fauj, sailaab aa jay to fauj. PIA nahi chal pa rahi to fauj, coronavirus aa jay to fauj . to ya BC civil idaray kis liay banay gay hain? kia in ka kam sirf is fauj ko gali danay k ilawa be hay koe?

 

[alimobin memon]

pak main her marz ki dawa : fauj. dushman say larna ho fauj, sailaab aa jay to fauj. PIA nahi chal pa rahi to fauj, coronavirus aa jay to fauj . to ya BC civil idaray kis liay banay gay hain? kia in ka kam sirf is fauj ko gali danay k ilawa be hay koe?

We dont have separate entity for biological crisis and natural disaster its assigned to armed forces and thats why they have good budget

 

[litman]

We dont have separate entity for biological crisis and natural disaster its assigned to armed forces and thats why they have good budget

its not that way. the simple fact is that all the civil organisations have sufficient budget but they are highly corrupt. all of them without any exception. ya sirf aik bahana hay k fauj ko fund zada milta hay. just look at the equipment which our military operates. most of it should have been in museums as per western standards. obsolete but the military is doing better. i dont say that they are flawless but still the award of "andhon main kana raja" goes to military. baki to aisay log hain her idaray main k aisay lagta hay k inhon nay kabhi marna hay he nahi. hadd say zada baysharam.
this year locust attacks are also expected. greater then last year. ab tiddian be fauj he maray ge. civilian beth k haramkhori karain gay, media walay fauj ki karwae per criticize karain gay or saray haramkhor mulk ka khon chos rahay hon gay.
just see this https://www.dawn.com/news/1542066/sc-restores-arshad-malik-as-pia-chief
ab kahan say aa gae arshad malik ka pass "required" qualification? arshad malik should continue only in PAF and let these judges and politician mafia handle this PIA crisis.

 

[khansaheeb]

Pakistan army Zindabad, Pakistan Zindabad!

 

[Wolf]

pak main her marz ki dawa : fauj. dushman say larna ho fauj, sailaab aa jay to fauj. PIA nahi chal pa rahi to fauj, coronavirus aa jay to fauj . to ya BC civil idaray kis liay banay gay hain? kia in ka kam sirf is fauj ko gali danay k ilawa be hay koe?

Civil administration did prevent dengue, polio on their own. Its easy to criticize civilian administration who have limited budget and hyper active judiciary which continuously meddles in administrative matters. Above all, political interference makes job even worse.

Military does help in their respective countries as well but it is taken as routine and not used as an excuse to malign civilian institutions. For your further information, Chief Secretary, Punjab and Secretary, Primary healthcare secretary, Punjab as well as Chief Secretary Balochistan are ex army men. How they get into civil service is another debate. But, if these ex military men are calling the military then who is to blame?

 

[Yaseen1]

i think civil govt should take responsibility as army has not much capacity to provide medical service to whole public,already they hardly fulfill medical needs of army officials and families of retired personnel and if you visit army hospitals in normal days they are very much crowded and it takes longer time to get appointment with doctor

 

[Wolf]

i think civil govt should take responsibility as army has not much capacity to provide medical service to whole public,already they hardly fulfill medical needs of army officials and families of retired personnel and if you visit army hospitals in normal days they are very much crowded and it takes longer time to get appointment with doctor

Agreed. CMH has to cater for mostly military and ex military personnel and families whereas civilian hospitals bear the brunt of medical cases pertaining to 200 million population of this country and with limited staff, facilities and budget; they need to improvise and provide out of box solutions to overcome this Corona threat. After all Chinese did it in Wuhan and their medical staff received a military salute on their efforts today.

 

[litman]

army alone cant fight at all fronts. i am praying to Allah to keep our countrymen and military men save from this disease. military men live in barracks and if God forbid if anyone of them gets the disease then it may spread in the military and defence of the country may get compromised.

 

[xyx007]

Pakistan is the most strategically complex region in the world and it is impossible to rule by civilian Governments,it is too soft to the nature of this region. The military always brought the nation “back on track", while civilian governments derailed it. Pakistan’s military is a central actor in many of today’s most pressing security challenges, and few institutions face such extreme pressures from such diverse forces. Pak Army Zindabad , Pakistan Paindbad.