KARACHI:Provincial Ministers Jam Ikramullah Dharejo and Syed Owais Shah have said that the situation of coronavirus positive cases is getting worse day by day.
“The business community is supposed to stand by the Sindh government in this difficult time. The situation in the corona emergency wards of hospitals is in front of everyone,” said Dharejo during a meeting with the business community at the Commissioner’s Office on the current situation of Coronavirus.
Atiq Mir Chairman All Karachi Traders Union, Rizwan Irfan President Electronic Market, Imtiaz Al Hassan President Karachi Marriage Hall Association, Syed Tariq Shah Chairman All Private Schools Association, Faizan President All Pakistan Restaurant Association, Muhammad Ilyas President Tariq Road Traders, Asif Gulfam President Cloth Markets Association and others also attended the meeting.
Dharejo added, “Only together can we deal with this epidemic. The Sindh government is taking strict measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus. Owais Shah said that only implementation of SOPs could take us out of this difficult time. Restrictions would be eased as corona virus cases decrease. The provincial ministers added that the world, including us, is in a state of war against Coronavirus. We want to save our people. The Corona Task Force will review the situation tomorrow and make further decisions.
On this occasion, the representatives of the business community suggested that the Sindh government should review the market timing. There should be one business holiday a week while schools should be allowed to open following SOPs.
Dharejo and Shah assured the participants that the suggestions from the business community and other communities would be put before Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. These suggestions would also be put to the Corona Task Force meeting tomorrow. “The purpose of sitting together today is to understand each other and face the situation,” they concluded.
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