Bilawal Zardari calls on developed countries to re-embrace multilateralism
The PPP chairman said that we can only avoid this epidemic through lockdown and social distancing
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Pakistan People s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on rich countries to help developing countries, saying that Pakistan too has been badly affected by the coronavirus. He said that if coronavirus cases keep increasing in Pakistan, its health system will not be able to cope with it.
Speaking to British TV channel Sky News , Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that after the outbreak of the coronavirus, the opposition offered to carry out joint efforts with the federal government but sadly, the federal government was slow to respond to the deadly virus.
During the interview, he said that Pakistan has been badly affected by the coronavirus and we have a much weaker health system as compared to Italy or Britain, who are under immense stress at the moment. If coronavirus cases in Pakistan keep increasing, our healthcare system will collapse, he added.
The PPP chairman said that we can only avoid this epidemic through lockdown and social distancing as our health is not robust enough to cope with the outbreak.
Bilawal Bhutto said that poor countries do not have the resources to fight the virus on their own, developed countries will have to step forward and support developing and underdeveloped countries. The pandemic can only be vanquished through multilateral cooperation. Resourceful countries will have to distribute medical supplies and a possible vaccine throughout the world in an egalitarian manner.
During the interview, he further said that the international community will have to change its attitude as there is a lockdown in occupied Kashmir and people have had no facilities since even before the spread of coronavirus.
Moving forward, the PPP chairman said that there are still inhumane sanctions on Iran where people are dying due to the coronavirus.
— Pakistan Peoples Party (@PPP_Org) April 11, 2020
