Friday, May 22, 2020
#Balochistan always suffers the most!
By: Munaj Gul Muhammad
@MunajGul
Nazir Muhammad, gets up early in the morning and takes the herd of sheep to forest for grazing. He is almost 49. His profession has never eased his troubles, therefore, he has no dreams in dwelling a comfortable life since his childhood.
Sometimes, his family members sleep without taking a loaf of bread due to deprivation. They are passing a very miserable life for a long time and the recent lockdown has worsened their living.
He cites, ” I am earning a small income through the herd which I take from the residents. I receive a sum of money which is insufficient in this price hike situation.” He truly is in the need of help, but no one cares! The great lockdown has put his life in the lurch.
” Before the pandemic, my son was working in Iran border and helped our family by earning a small sum of money, but by means of coronavirus, he has no source of income. “Spoke out Muhammad when I asked him how he managed his house before corona outbreak.
The government of Balochistan needs to think about the challenges faced by the citizens. Mainly, the great lockdown in the province has created various difficulties for the poor people. Most of the poverty-stricken labors are buried with a lot of problems. They are unable to manage their livelihoods. They have no means of income.
Aziz Hasil, (a young writer based in Turbat) writes, ” In cities like Karachi and Quetta daily wage earners keep roaming the streets in search of work or cash dole-outs. They can be seen huddling up in front of any car that stops nearby. Many of them knock at the window panes of the cars asking for food or money so that they are able to feed their children.” The poor wage earners mostly go home at evening hopelessly as there is no work. Sometimes, they earn a very little amount, but most often they don’t. They only curse their fates.
To pose a question, is it not the basic responsibility of government to provide the fundamental facilities to its masses, like the sanitizers, masks or all other indispensable stuff to prevent themselves from the inimical virus?
Owing to the very difficult situation, it is very hard for poverty-ridden people to adopt the precautionary measures for their own safety and loved ones too. It is mandatory for every citizen to take all the precautions against the risks of the epidemic. But people are dying due to poverty as they have nothing to eat. How is it possible for them to follow the instructions of the government?
On the other hand, the lockdown is not the just solution to the pandemic. The government needs to look at the other side of the coin.
Many people have no wages in the province, by because of corona outbreak. A lot of people from different professions are suffering terribly to earn a small amount of money to be able enough to access their basic necessities. Private teachers are one of the examples!
More importantly, the private teachers are left aside. After all, they have no earnings and the provincial government along with federal government would never bother themselves to help them out in such a difficult situation. They had better think about private teachers and their poor families. Multifold private teachers are dead silence. To celebrating Eid with full enjoyment is the sole dream of every one, but the closure of private schools and having no money adds more worries to them.
I witness, in a city like Turbat, most of the private teachers belong to middle class family; private schools or centers are their little source of income. But by now, they are closed and private teaches have no other options to earn money. They live hopelessly. The government has to ponder about the challenges faced by the teachers. How is it possible for them to live without access to money.
” The Eid is very close. It adds beauty to the happiness of people, but I am compelled to shed tears on the occasion by seeing my siblings wearing torn clothes and shoes. As I am the only person to earn money and feed my family. But I am faild! Before the pandemic, I managed a sum of money by doing a part time job in a center at Turbat as a teacher. The earned money eased my worries a little, but by now the center is closed and I have no other alternative options to get money! I don’t want to see my little siblings having no stuff, like anew clothes and shoes! I am always left hopeless!” Claimed a private teacher and he wishes to be unknown.
There are a lot of such examples in Balochistan. Baloch are rich, but yet poor. They have everything, but yet have nothing. The private teachers and other poor are desperately in the need of help! The provincial government needs to help them out in this difficult situation. The aforementioned citizens should not be dependent any more, for dependency is a curse!
Pakistan’s Covid-19 cases cross 50,000 mark after record 2,603 patients tested positive
The Ministry of National Health Services said that the deadly contagion has claimed the lives of 50 people in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,067.
Pakistan’s coronavirus cases on Friday crossed the 50,000-mark after a record 2,603 more patients were diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease, the health ministry said. The deadly contagion claimed the lives of 50 people in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,067, the Ministry of National Health Services said.
Out of the total 50,694 patients, Sindh reported 19,924 cases, Punjab 18,455, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 7,155, Balochistan 3,074, Islamabad 1,326, Gilgit-Baltistan 602, and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 158 cases.
It also reported that so far 15,201 people have recovered from the malignant virus. In the past 24 hours, 1,064 people recovered from the novel coronavirus.
The authorities also carried out a record of 16,387 tests, taking the total number of tests so far in the country to 445,987.
A special flight of Emirates carrying 251 stranded Pakistanis arrived at Islamabad International Airport from Dubai after Pakistan allowed the airline to operate special flights.
Officials said that all the passengers were shifted to different quarantine centers in Islamabad for 24 hours for medical tests related to the COVID-19.
The federal government has decided to restore international flights from Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar. Officials said that the decision was taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
https://theprint.in/world/pakistans-covid-19-cases-cross-50000-mark-after-record-2603-patients-tested-positive/427102/
#planecrash - چیئرمین پی پی پی بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا کراچی میں پی آئی اے کے طیارے کے حادثے پر افسوس اور دکھ کا اظہار
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے پی آئی اے کے جہاز کے ہونے والے حادثے پر سخت افسوس کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے متاثرہ خاندانوں سے دلی ہمدردی اور تعزیت کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ حادثے میں قیمتی جانوں کا ضیا مجھ سمیت پوری قوم کے لئے باعث صدمہ ہے۔
بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے حکومت سندھ کو ہدایت کی کہ انسانی جانوں کو بچانے کے لئے تمام وسائل بروئے کار لائے۔ انہوں نے حادثے کے اسباب معلوم کرنے کے لئے اعلیٰ سطحی تحقیقات کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔
#planecrash سابق صدر پاکستان آصف علی زرداری کا کراچی میں پی آئی اے کے طیارے کے حادثے پر افسوس اور دکھ کا اظہار
سابق صدر پاکستان آصف علی زرداری نے کراچی میں پی آئی اے کے طیارے کے حادثے پر افسوس کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے غمزدہ خاندانوں سے ہمدردی اور دکھ کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ سابق صدر نے حکومت سندھ کو ہدایت کی کہ وہ جاں بحق افراد لواحقین کی ہر ممکن اخلاقی امداد کرے۔ انہوں نے پارٹی عہدیداران اور وزراءکو حادثے سے متاثرہ خاندانوں سے رابطہ کرنے اور ان کی ہر ممکن مدد کرنے کی بھی ہدایت کی۔