Saturday, May 23, 2020
From China: National security law a 'death knell' for US intervention in HK: Global Times editorial
Will a national security law that is to be implemented in Hong Kong undermine the "one country, two systems" principle? Before answering this question, we'd like to ask: Which country does not have national security laws? Which country would allow its administrative regions to become a void of national security where some internal forces collude with foreign forces and jeopardize national security?
Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) shall enact national security laws on its own. But it has been almost 23 years since Hong Kong's return to China, and the Hong Kong SAR has failed to enact such laws.
Some extreme opposition forces in Hong Kong are inciting the public to resist Article 23 legislation, which has been supported by countries such as the US and the UK. In Hong Kong's opinion sphere, Article 23 legislation has almost become taboo and can barely be mentioned.
In 2003, mass protests took place in opposition to Article 23 legislation. The legislation of national security laws has become a long-term point of contest between the central government and Hong Kong's extreme opposition which rallies support from Western forces.
The absence of a national security law is one of the very reasons that Hong Kong has become chaotic and its value system has deviated from the normal track. The rule of law has been undermined by extremists who play a destructive role in national security and set a bad example to society.
This must end. National security legislation in Hong Kong is a necessary guarantee for the "one country, two systems" principle to function normally and for Hong Kong to enjoy a high degree of autonomy. As the Hong Kong SAR is in a difficult position to fulfill this task, the National People's Congress needs to shoulder the responsibility based on the right given by the Constitution and the Basic Law. It must help a lost Hong Kong find its position as a special administrative region of China.
The logic of the move is clear, and its urgency is known to all. Saying the national security law in Hong Kong undermines "one country, two systems" and puts Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy in jeopardy is simply a US-centric value and disregards the fact that Hong Kong has returned to China.
We believe most countries will understand China's moves and not follow US rhetoric. Washington has already rallied support from its Western allies to attack China. Some have taken a stance, but only the US has said that it will have a strong reaction.
All countries need to guarantee national security. Western countries can understand this political and legal need as long as they are not biased.
Obviously, Beijing is determined to prevent external forces from interfering in Hong Kong affairs and to reconstruct the national security system in Hong Kong regardless of the costs. We advise Washington and extreme forces within Hong Kong not to misjudge the situation and wrongly believe they can obstruct the legislation and implementation of the law.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Friday that Beijing's plan to bypass Hong Kong's legislative process and pass a national security law would be a "death knell" for the Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy. Yes, there would be a "death knell," but for the US' interference in Hong Kong affairs. Washington will be made to realize that Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy is ensured under Chinese jurisdiction, not US manipulation.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1189224.shtml
Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) shall enact national security laws on its own. But it has been almost 23 years since Hong Kong's return to China, and the Hong Kong SAR has failed to enact such laws.
Some extreme opposition forces in Hong Kong are inciting the public to resist Article 23 legislation, which has been supported by countries such as the US and the UK. In Hong Kong's opinion sphere, Article 23 legislation has almost become taboo and can barely be mentioned.
In 2003, mass protests took place in opposition to Article 23 legislation. The legislation of national security laws has become a long-term point of contest between the central government and Hong Kong's extreme opposition which rallies support from Western forces.
The absence of a national security law is one of the very reasons that Hong Kong has become chaotic and its value system has deviated from the normal track. The rule of law has been undermined by extremists who play a destructive role in national security and set a bad example to society.
This must end. National security legislation in Hong Kong is a necessary guarantee for the "one country, two systems" principle to function normally and for Hong Kong to enjoy a high degree of autonomy. As the Hong Kong SAR is in a difficult position to fulfill this task, the National People's Congress needs to shoulder the responsibility based on the right given by the Constitution and the Basic Law. It must help a lost Hong Kong find its position as a special administrative region of China.
The logic of the move is clear, and its urgency is known to all. Saying the national security law in Hong Kong undermines "one country, two systems" and puts Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy in jeopardy is simply a US-centric value and disregards the fact that Hong Kong has returned to China.
We believe most countries will understand China's moves and not follow US rhetoric. Washington has already rallied support from its Western allies to attack China. Some have taken a stance, but only the US has said that it will have a strong reaction.
All countries need to guarantee national security. Western countries can understand this political and legal need as long as they are not biased.
Obviously, Beijing is determined to prevent external forces from interfering in Hong Kong affairs and to reconstruct the national security system in Hong Kong regardless of the costs. We advise Washington and extreme forces within Hong Kong not to misjudge the situation and wrongly believe they can obstruct the legislation and implementation of the law.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Friday that Beijing's plan to bypass Hong Kong's legislative process and pass a national security law would be a "death knell" for the Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy. Yes, there would be a "death knell," but for the US' interference in Hong Kong affairs. Washington will be made to realize that Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy is ensured under Chinese jurisdiction, not US manipulation.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1189224.shtml
We must listen to women’s warnings about the Middle East
Saudi Women's Rights Activist Detained for Two Years While Awaiting Trial Must Be Released During Pandemic, Sister Says
BY CHANTAL DA SILVA
Today marks two years since Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent human rights activist in Saudi Arabia, was arrested and detained for trying to "destabilize the kingdom" with her fight to push for more freedoms for women across the country.
Her family is now more worried for her safety than ever before, with Loujain's sister, Lina al-Hathloul, telling Newsweek the activist is "losing hope" after her trial date was pushed back indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, while her family has also been barred from seeing her amid the outbreak.
"We can hear that she's losing hope," Lina, 25, told Newsweek on Friday. "It's really worrying that my parents can't visit her."
In May 2018, Loujain, then 28 years old, became one of several women's rights activists to be arrested for trying to push Saudi Arabia toward the kind of "modernization" that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has claimed to champion.
Before her arrest, Loujain had used social media to amplify her voice, with the activist famously live-streaming herself defying Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving.
Despite being arrested and detained for 73 days in 2014 after attempting to drive into Saudi Arabia from the United Arab Emirates, Loujain continued to push for the ban to be lifted. She was also an advocate for the end to Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system and became one of the first women to run for office in the country in 2015.
For months after her arrest, Loujain said she had not even been formally told what she was being detained for.
It was on March 13, 2019, during her first trial session, that Loujain was formally charged with "promoting women's rights...calling for the end of the male guardianship system...contacting international organizations, foreign media, and other activists, including contact with Amnesty International," Amnesty International states in a profile on the activist.
Now, more than 700 days after she was detained in May 2018, Loujain, 30, continues to sit behind bars, awaiting trial.
According to her sister, Loujain's trial date had been set to take place in February.
"They canceled it without justification," Lina said. "Then, they said the judge was sick and now they have the excuse of coronavirus and stopped everything. They didn't give any new dates for the trials."
Knowing that her sister is being detained and cut off from seeing her family amid a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, Lina said her family has become desperate to secure the 30-year-old's release.
"I'm really worried because there's so much bad news coming out of prisons right now," Lina said, referring to global concerns around the spread of coronavirus among incarcerated populations, with prisoners around the world often being held in overcrowded facilities with limited access to adequate sanitation.
"It's just so scary not being able to have physical contact with Loujain to be sure that she is fine," Lina said.
While Loujain can talk to family members over the phone, Lina said her sister is unable to speak freely. "She can't complain about anything on the phone," Lina said. If she does, Lina said, authorities will simply cut the call.
"But we can hear it in Loujain's voice," she said. "She's not healthy right now. She's just losing hope."
With today marking the second anniversary of Loujain's arrest, Lina and human rights advocacy groups around the world are calling for the 30-year-old activist to be released.
Speaking with Newsweek on Friday, Uma Mishra-Newbery, the executive director of Women's March Global, said her organization, which is part of the Free Saudi Activists coalition, is joining in those calls, demanding that Loujain and other human rights activists detained in Saudi Arabia be freed.
"We are working to advocate for the immediate and unconditional release of all Saudi women and human rights defenders," she said.
Part of that effort, Mishra-Newbery said, is calling on countries, including the U.S., and businesses to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to release detainees who advocates say have been unfairly detained.
"There is a complicity here by the international and business communities and their lack of holding Saudi Arabia accountable for its injustices," she said.
"There are opportunities coming up, like with the G20 Summit held in November, where they can speak out in a forceful and public way against Saudi Arabia," she said.
While some countries, such as Iceland and Germany, have taken strides in seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable, she said, countries like the U.S. continue to work with the country, including selling "an incredible amount of weapons" to Saudi Arabia.
In recent years, bin Salman, known around the world as MBS, has sought to change the image Saudi Arabia projects to the outside world, lifting the ban on women driving that activists like Loujain have been imprisoned for pushing against and allowing mixed-sex concerts.
"Saudi Arabia has been working for several years on a public relations campaign," Mishra-Newbery said, noting that the country has made headlines around the world for its proclaimed efforts towards "modernization."
However, Lina said, the way the relatively new freedoms introduced in Saudi Arabia have been policed has created an "atmosphere of fear" in the country, with women in particular not being sure "where the red lines are."
"Yes, women can go to concerts, but when they dance, if a policeman thinks she is not decent enough, he can arrest and imprison her," Lina said. "It's unclear and messy. They're not real freedoms that have been given because you don't know where the red lines are."
The high-profile killing 2018 death of Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S.-based journalist who was critical of Saudi Arabia's government that was killed after walking into the country's consulate in Istanbul, has further cast a significant shadow over those efforts, despite the Saudi government claiming that his murder was carried out in a "rogue operation."
Saud al-Qahtani, a former influential aide to MBS who had been suspected of playing a role in directing Khashoggi's killing, was cleared of wrongdoing by Saudi prosecutors.
However, Loujain's family and human rights advocates have said that al-Qahtani also played a role in directing torturous acts against the activist in the early months of her detention.
"I won't stop until he is sentenced for Loujain's torture," Lina said. "I'm furious."
Lina described how her sister had initially been "kidnapped" while driving along the highway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in April 2018.
Loujain's car was surrounded by vehicles, Lina said, and she was forced to stop before being detained and eventually forced onto a plane and flown to Saudi Arabia.
Lina said that when her sister arrived in Riyadh, she was imprisoned for several days and interrogated before being released with a travel ban barring her from leaving Saudi Arabia.
In May 2018, however, Lina said her sister's home was raided and she was taken back to prison, where she has remained ever since.
In the first ten months of her detention, Loujain was held without charges or trial, according to Amnesty International, which is also campaigning for the 30-year-old's release.
During that time, the organization alleges Loujain has been "beaten, waterboarded, given electric shocks, sexually harassed, and threatened with rape and murder." The abuse, Loujain's family has claimed, was orchestrated by al-Qahtani.
Loujain had made the claim during one of Lina's early visits with her parents, Lina said. Noticing marks on their daughter's body and that she seemed to be sapped of energy, they demanded that Loujain tell them what was happening to her.
"She told them about the torture, that she had been electrocuted," Lina said. The 25-year-old said she did not believe that officials carried out the alleged abuses "to get information from her."
"They enjoyed it. It was a torture session where they could come laugh at her," she said.
In 2019, al-Hathloul was reported to have rejected a release deal that would have granted her freedom in exchange for denying that she had been tortured.
She had initially agreed to sign the agreement, her brother, Walid al-Hathloul, had written on Twitter. However, when Saudi officials demanded that she make the statement on camera, he said she refused.
"When the state security asked her to sign the document for the video release, she immediately ripped the document," Walid wrote. "She told them by asking me to sign this document you are involved in the cover-up and you're simply trying [to] defend Saud Al-Qahtani who was overseeing the torture."
According to Amnesty International, there are currently at least 13 women's rights activists on trial for their activism in Saudi Arabia.
"Of the 13, five remain in detention: Loujain al-Hathloul, Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Sada, Nouf Abdulaziz and Maya'a al-Zahrani," the organization said in a statement marking the anniversary of the May 2018 arrests.
"Eight other activists have been temporarily released, though they all face trial and many remain at risk of being jailed under anti-cybercrime legislation for their human rights work," Amnesty International said. "These eight are: Iman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Yousef, Amal al-Harbi, Dr Ruqayyah al-Mharib, Shadan al-Anezi, Dr. Abir Namankni, Dr Hatoon al-Fassi, and an anonymous activist."
"At least ten activists have endured a range of human rights violations while in prison, including torture, sexual abuse and other forms of ill-treatment," the organization has claimed.
Mishra-Newbery said it was important to note that it is hard to know exactly how many activists were targeted in the May 2018 campaign, since not all families would be willing to risk speaking out about their arrests.
In a statement shared with Newsweek, a spokesperson for advocacy group Free Saudi Activists said: "Saudi women's rights defenders have suffered inconceivable human rights violations at the hands of the Saudi government and our first priority is to ensure that they are immediately and unconditionally released."
Until activists like Loujain are allowed to walk free, Lina and human rights advocacy groups around the world have been clear: "The international and business community must also hold the Saudi government accountable for these injustices."
Doing so is necessary, they have said, for the global community to "move forward with actionable solutions for the advancement of women's human rights."
Newsweek has contacted Saudi Arabia's embassies in the U.S. and Britain for comment.
بلند قامت بینظیر بھٹو تاریخ کے دریچے سے | کامران شفیع
تحریر: کامران شفیع
یہ قصہ ہے وزارت خارجہ میں ہونے والے اس اجلاس کا جو اُن دنوں ہر سال ہوتا تھا۔ موجودہ وزارت
خارجہ آفس (یہ کسی زمانے میں سابق شہرزاد ہوٹل تھا جسے بعد میں وزارت خارجہ کے ھیڈ کوارٹر میں تبدیل کیا گیا) کے گرینڈ ہال میں بحیثیت پہلی مسلم خاتون وزیراعظم شہید بے نظیر بھٹو کے پریس سیکرٹری کے طور پر میں وہاں موجود تھا۔ وزارت خارجہ کی طرف سے سینیئر آرمی افسران کو سالانہ کور کمانڈرز کانفرنس کے موقع پر یہ سالانہ بریفنگ دی جاتی تھی۔ ان دنوں اسی موقع پر وزیر اعظم کو بھی دعوت دی جاتی تھی تاکہ سول قیادت سینیئر آرمی افسران کو ملکی اور غیر ملکی امور سے متعلق ضروری معلومات دے سکے۔ یاد رہے کہ یہ بریفنگ صرف اور صرف آرمی کے افسران کو دی جاتی تھی ۔ فضائیہ اور بحریہ کے افسران کو یہ بریفنگ نہیں دی جاتی تھی۔
یہ واقعہ اپریل 1990 کا ہے۔ اس وقت بھی کور کمانڈر کانفرنس جی ایچ کیو میں منعقد کی گئی تھی جس کے فوراََ بعد یہ اجلاس حسب معمول منعقد ہوا تھا۔
اسی کانفرنس میں وزیراعظم اپنے اسٹاف کیساتھ آئیں ۔ میرے علاوہ وزیر اعظم کے اے ڈی سی، اس وقت کے وزیر داخلہ اعتزاز احسن، مشیر اقبال آخوند، اور مشیر خزانہ وسیم عون (وی اے) جعفری، بھی موجود تھےـ بریفنگ کے دوران میں نے دیکھا کہ اسلم بیگ جو چیف آف آرمی سٹاف تھے، جنرل حمید گل کی طرف دیکھ رہے تھے۔ دونوں ایک دوسرے کیساتھ آنکھوں ہی آنکھوں میں باتیں کر رہے تھے اور متواتر دوسرے جنرلوں کو بھی وہی اشارے دہرائے گئےـ انھی اشاروں کے نتیجہ میں بریفنگ دینے والے اعتزاز احسن سے، جو کہ وزیراعظم بینظیر بھٹو کے وزیرِ داخلہ تھے، سوال ہوا کہ “سندھ میں پاکستان آرمی کے تحت ( آرٹیکل 245 کے تحت) فوجی عدالتیں کیوں نہیں بنائی جارہیں تاکہ سندھ میں موجود ڈاکوؤں کے خلاف مؤثر کارروائی ہوسکے؟ ساتھ ہی وزیر اعظم بینظیر بھٹو کی طرف سے جلال آباد میں ناکامی کے بعد ڈی جی آئی ایس آئی کے عہدے سے ھٹائے گئے جنرل حمید گل، جو اس اجلاس کے وقت ملتان کے کور کمانڈر تھے، پوچھنے لگے کہ ہم کشمیر کے مسئلے پر نرم پالیسی کیوں اپنائے ہوئے ہیں اورکوئی سخت قدم کیوں نہیں اٹھاتے؟
میں نے دیکھا کہ پوری میٹنگ کے دوران سرخ و سفید بینظیر بھٹو غصہ کی حالت میں لال پیلی ہو کر تیزی سے اپنے نوٹس بنا رہیں تھیں۔ میں بھی وقفے وقفے سے بینظیر بھٹو کو نوٹس بنا کر دے رہا تھا۔ ہر دفعہ بینظیر بھٹو مسکرا کر میرا شکریہ ادا کرتیں۔ یہ ثبوت تھا اس حقیقت کا کہ وہ رحمدل، با وقار اور بڑے دل والی خاتون تھیں۔
ان سوالات کے باوجود مسلط کیے گئے وزیر خارجہ لیفٹیننٹ جنرل رٹائرڈ نواب زادہ یعقوب علی خان نے اپنے مُنہ سے ایک لفظ تک نہ نکالا، جبکہ بطور وزیر خارجہ یہ ان کی ذمہ داری تھی لیکن موصوف خاموش رہے ۔ حالانکہ کچھ سوالات ان کی اپنی وزارت سے متعلق تھے، اور وہ اس حکومت کا حصہ تھے لیکن انہوں نے ان سوالات کا کوئی جواب نہیں دیا اور نہ حکومت کا دفاع کیا۔ وزیر اعظم عام طور پر ایسے مواقع پر کوئی تقریر نہیں کرتی تھیں لیکن جس طرح اسلم بیگ اور حمید گل نے ماحول کو خراب کیا اس کے بعد بینظیر بھٹو نے کیا کرنا تھا، ابھی کسی کو معلوم نہ تھا۔ ہم صرف یہ دیکھ رہے تھے کہ وہ کس انہماک سے نوٹس لے رہیں تھیں۔ ایسے میں وزیر خارجہ جنرل یعقوب نے وزیر اعظم بینظیر بھٹو کو مخاطب کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ وزیراعظم صاحبہ، لنچ تیار ہے۔ اس پر وزیر اعظم بینظیر بھٹو نے وزیر خارجہ جنرل یعقوب کو ٹوکتے ہوئے کہا کہ نہیں وزیر خارجہ، میں نے بات کرنی ہے۔
یہ سن کر یعقوب خان پر سکتہ سا طاری ہو گیا۔ تمام لوگ دیکھنے لکھے کہ وزیر اعظم نے کیا کہنا ہے۔ جیسے ہی طویل قامت بینظیر بھٹو نے تقریر کیلئے اسٹیج سنبھالا پورے ہال میں مکمل خاموشی کا سماں تھا، پھر کچھ ہی لمحوں میں وزیر اعظم بینظیر بھٹو نے بولنا شروع کیا ـ
آفیسرز (بینظیر بھٹو نے اسلم بیگ اور پھر حمید گل کی طرف دیکھتے ہوئے) بولیں، ‘ آپ سب نے جو کچھ بھی کہا میں نے سُنا ہے۔ آپ لوگوں کا کیا خیال ہے کہ میں سندھ سمیت پاکستان کا کوئی بھی حصہ فوجی عدالتوں کے حوالے کردوں گی؟ پاکستانی عوام کو کئی سال لگے ہیں فوجی حکمرانی اور فوجی عدالتوں سے باہر نکلنے میں ـ اب آجائیں کشمیر پالیسی پر۔ میرے جنرل آپ لوگ ہیں۔ لنچ کے بعد وزیر اعظم ہائوس آئیں اور کشمیر کی آزادی کا اپنا پلان بھی ساتھ لے آئیں۔ آپ کے منتخب وزیر اعظم کے طور پر میں آپ کی پشت پر کھڑی ہونگی۔ ویسے بھی جنرل صاحب، آپ سے بہتر ہاری ہوئی جنگ کے نتائج کون جانتا ہے؟
بینظیر بھٹو کے ان جملوں کے بعد سب کو سانپ سونگھ گیا۔ وزیر اعظم نے پورے ہال کی طرف نظر دوڑائی جہاں مکمل خاموشی تھی۔ اس طرح نوجوان خاتون وزیر اعظم کسی کے دباؤ میں نہیں آئیں ـ پھر ہم لوگ وزیراعظم کی تقریر کے بعد لنچ پر چلے گئے، جیسے ہی بینظیر بھٹو میرے پاس سے گزریں، آنکھوں میں آنسوؤں کے ساتھ میں نے کہا۔
“مجھے آپ پر فخر ہے!”میں بینظیر بھٹو کے چہرے پر موجود وہ فاتحانہ مسکراہٹ کبھی نہیں بھولوں گا جو اس وقت ان کے چہرے پرموجود تھی ـ
اس تقریر کے تقریبآ تین ماہ بعد سازشی صدر غلام اسحاق خان نے وزیراعظم بینظیر بھٹو کی حکومت ختم کردی تھی۔ غلام اسحاق خان کے اس قدم کے پیچھے جھوٹے اور مکار جنرل اسلم بیگ کا بڑا ہاتھ تھا جنہوں نے یہ پورا عرصہ وزیر اعظم بینظیر بھٹو کیخلاف سازشوں میں صرف کیا۔
یہ ہے میری سرزمین پاکستان کی کہانی.
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا عید الفطر کے حوالے سے پیغام #عيد_الفطر_المبارك -
پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے عید کے حوالے سے اپنے ایک ویڈیو پیغام میں کہا ہے کہ دنیا بھر کے مسلمان ایک ایسے وقت میں عید منارہے ہیں جب کرونا کی خطرناک وباء پھیلی ہوئی ہے جبکہ پاکستان کے مسلمان کرونا کی وباء کا سامنا کرنے کے ساتھ طیارہ حادثے کا دکھ بھی سہہ رہے ہیں، پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے پاکستانی قوم سے اپیل کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ عوام اس صورت حال میں سادگی سے عید منائیں، انہوں نے اپنے ویڈیو پیغام میں اپیل کرتے ہوئے یہ بھی کہا کہ عوام اس عید کو اپنے شہداء کے نام کریں اور اس عید کو اس طبی عملے کے نام کیا جائے جو عام لوگوں کی زندگیوں کے تحفظ کیلئے اپنی اور اپنے خاندان کی زندگیوں کو خطرے میں ڈال رہے ہیں، پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے عوام سے اپیل کرتے ہوئے یہ بھی کہا کہ جتنا ممکن ہوسکے، عید اپنے گھر پر منائی جائے، انہوں نے کہا کہ اگر کسی نے نمازِ عید کی ادائیگی کرنا ہے تو حکومتی ایس او پیز کے مطابق نماز ادا کی جائے،
پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے یہ بھی کہا کہ سعودی عرب، ایران، متحدہ عرب امارات اور ترکی نے اپنے شہریوں کو عید کا دن اپنے گھروں پر منانے کا پابند کیا ہے، ان ممالک نے اپنے شہریوں کو نمازِ عید کی بھی گھروں پر ادائیگی کا پابند کیا ہے، چیئرمین پی پی پی بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ اگر آپ اپنا تحفظ چاہتے ہیں تو وہ اپیل کرتے ہیں کہ نماز عید بھی گھر پر ادا کریں، انہوں نے کہا کہ وہ یہ بھی اپیل کرتے ہیں کہ عید ملن کا اہتمام بھی فون، واٹس ایپ اور فیس ٹائم کے ذریعے کیا جائے، پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری کے مطابق اپنا تحفظ کرکے نہ صرف عوام خود کی جان بچاسکتے ہیں بلکہ ایسا کرنے سے ملک کے نظامِ صحت پر اتنا ہی بوجھ آئے گا کہ جتنا وہ اٹھاسکے جبکہ احتیاط کرکے ہر انسان دوسروں کی زندگیوں کا بھی تحفظ کرسکتا ہے، پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے اپنے ویڈیو پیغام میں اس اپیل پر زور دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ یہ عید ڈاکٹروں، نرسوں، ہیروز ور
اپنے شہداء کے نام کی جائے۔
#Pakistan - Chairman #PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dedicates Eid this year to doctors, nurses, health workers and martyrs
Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a video message has said that we are celebrating Eid this year at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has engulfed the entire world. We are also saddened by the plane crash yesterday in Karachi. He appealed to the nation to celebrate Eid with sobriety and simplicity.
He also asked people to dedicate Eid this year to the doctors, nurses and all health workers who are the real heroes and heroines as they are risking their own lives to save the lives of their fellow citizens.
Chairman PPP appealed to the people to celebrate Eid at their homes and go for Eid prayers following the Standard Operating Procedures. He said that the governments of Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE and Turkey have bound their citizens to perform Eid prayers at their homes. He appealed to the Pakistani people to perform Eid prayers at home to protect their lives and the lives of their loved ones. The health system will not be over-burdened by doing so, he said.
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