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The guy admittedly was comparing the 21st march situation of pakistan to italy and said that since pakistan was not in a condition like italy, it should not be in a lock down.
after few days in a lock down, i heard him repeat again that he was not in favour of a lock down but some hidden forces had done it.
After two weaks of lockdown, the lockdown was virtually nonexistent, since the sindh govt had went for a leniency, shops, restaurents had opened up and people were seen enjoying breakfast, people were observed thronging imtiaz supermarket meaning the lockdown was half heartedly and poorly implemented.
On 14th April, his ministers and parliamentarians and his sindh governor Imran Ismail were pushing PPP to end lockdown and withdraw their stance, but the ''leader'' disheartedly agree for a second lockdown after the meeting.
the lockdown was ended on may 1st and markets were ordered to open up, this speed up the pace of coronavirus, the media reported people crowding the markets with no face masks and observing no physical distancing.
Now all the businesses and industries are being ordered to open up even when the country faces a fast spread and multiplication of coronavirus patients which is questionable. The situation has reached critical point.
This poses a very fundamental question of Imran Khan's leadership skills and the management skills of PTI and his political associates. Just yesterday i read that lockdown may not be implemented until medical infrastructure is overwhelmed and it is unable to bear the load. This shows that Imran Khan is creating a disaster in the country and turning a blind eye to it and that coronavirus issue has exposed his disasterous leadership qualities.
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Indeed! but imagine what would had been the state of economy and people specially labor, had a full scale lock down been imposed? Initially i was also in favor of complete lock down but than i realized why do i need someone else to tell me what or where my benefit lies specially when it comes to my own health. I realize i dont need anyone. Its common sense. People who are blaming IK government for this are not willing to share their own responsibility either ignorantly or purposely.
For example? Don't quote USA.
As far as western nations are concerned.
People suffer from short term memory and forget the sequence of events that happened in the so called western world.
Did you forget at what stage the government of Italy and Spain took serious steps to lock down the country when they had crossed 10k death toll, their hospitals were overwhelmed.
Should I even mention UK, or how naive and confused their response was?
Germany had the best response in Europe by a margin and in the antibody screen samples in April almost 20% was positive. And in recent studies their actual cases are estimated to be more than 10times their declared numbers.
And even then do you really think it is possible for a country like Pakistan to go into total lockdown, where more than 60% of your population lives on day to day wages? What would happen if you forcefully lock them up you will see protests, unrest and social agitation in midst of a pandemic. Did you know how many mosques adhered to the lockdown SOP? Do you want to post police and rangers outside every mosque? How many people do you see wearing a mask when you go outside? Have you ever tried to listen to the opinion of your local shopkeeper and what is his opinion on corona and lockdown?
So my advice is come down from your high horses and come to terms with the ground reality in terms of our limitations.
The government sop's were very clear, I had no confusion in understanding them. But I didn't see even educated people following them? I have seen jam packed mosques during ramadan.
And the most important of all, we had the best and well thought out economic relief package, in the whole of south Asia.
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