Govt leaves people at mercy of coronavirus: Ahsan Iqbal

Dunya News

Deaths from Covid-19 has crossed 17,000 mark in Pakistan

NAROWAL (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said that incumbent government has left people on mercy of coronavirus.

Ahsan Iqbal, while talking to media persons, said that government should be ashamed as only over 900,000 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in a nation of 220 million.

While criticizing Prime Minister, Ahsan Iqbal said that Imran Khan never followed coronavirus related SOPs and now how will people listen to him.

On the other hand, deaths from Covid-19 has crossed 17,000 mark in Pakistan as number of positive cases surges to 795,627.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 5,611 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths and cases followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 7,964 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,593 in Sindh, 3,103 in KP, 660 in Islamabad, 461 in Azad Kashmir, 232 in Balochistan, and 104 in GB.