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Covid-19 response marred by indecision: HRCP

April 23, 2020 08:09 PM


The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is alarmed at the way the federal government is handling the public health crisis as number of Covid-19 cases rising steadily.

In a statement issued on Thursday, HRCP said: “There is an absence of clarity in the federal government’s measures – a clarity without which it cannot hope to curb the pandemic and create space for the country’s already fragile healthcare system. The government in Islamabad has sown confusion among the population by relaying mixed messages about the lockdown and inciting its supporters in Sindh to undermine the actions taken by the provincial government. Instead of learning from the experience of more developed countries that have suffered hugely at the hands of this pandemic, the federal government remains unclear and indecisive.”

HRCP said that the decision to allow congregations under pressure from certain clerics in the holy month of Ramazan contravenes what is happening in other Muslim countries.

HRCP said that when a large part of the population across Pakistan is at risk, it is deeply disappointing to see the federal government indulge in scoring political points against a provincial government, while capitulating to the big business and religious lobbies.

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