Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Former president Zardari urges citizens to wear face masks
The PPP leader was attending a hearing at the accountability court in Islamabad where he was seen instructing people walking beside him to wear masks.
It is pertinent to mention that since the last few days, there has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, especially in Karachi.
The National Command and Operations Centre's (NCOC) Tuesday morning data showed that 1,467 cases were reported from across the country after 43,540 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. This took the positivity ratio to 3.33%.
Earlier today, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said Pakistan would not undergo another lockdown and dismissed reports of schools' closure amid rising coronavirus cases.
The information minister, addressing a post-cabinet press conference, said the federal cabinet was informed that the COVID-19 positivity ratio had doubled in the country.
"But despite this, it is our resolve that we not impose a lockdown in Pakistan. Our economy cannot bear the burden [of another lockdown]," he said.
https://www.geo.tv/latest/392853-former-president-zardari-urges-citizens-to-wear-face-masks
گندم کی فصل کو پانی دینے کے لئے یوریا 1768روپے کی سرکاری قیمت کی بجائے 3500روپے تک فی بوری بلیک مارکیٹ میں فروخت ہو رہی ہے۔ چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی 21جنوری سے کسانوںکے
ساتھ ہونے والے ظلم کے خلاف ریلیاں نکالے گی۔ کسان یکجہتی احتجاج میں ملک بھر سے کسان نکلیں گے اور حکومت سے اپنے مطالبات منوائیں گے۔ عمران خان نے ایک ذرعی ملک کے ذراعت کے شعبے کو تباہ کرکے معاشی دہشتگردی کی ہے جسے کسی قیمت پر معاف نہیں کیا جائے گا۔
پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی میڈیا آفس اسلام آباد سے جاری ہونے والے ایک بیان میں چیئرمین پیپلزپارٹی نے کہا کہ عمران خان ہوش کے ناخن لیں۔ ملک بھر میں یوری کھاد کا بحران سنگین صورتحال اختیار کر چکا ہے۔ گندم کی فصل کو پانی دینے کے لئے یوریا 1768روپے کی سرکاری قیمت کی بجائے 3500روپے تک فی بوری بلیک مارکیٹ میں فروخت ہو رہی ہے۔ پنجاب میں کسانوں کو ڈپٹی کمشنر کی سفارش کے بعد بھی ایک شناختی کارڈ پر فی ایکڑ یوریا کی ایک بوری سرکاری قیمت کی بجائے 2700روپے تک مل رہی ہے
۔بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے دور میں پاکستان پوری دنیا میں یوریا فروخت کرتا تھا۔ آج ملک میں یوریا ڈھونڈنا پڑ رہی ہے۔ اگر ملک بھر میں برسات سے قبل کاشتکاروں کو یوریا میسر آجاتی تو فصلوں کی پیداوار میں ریکارڈ اضافہ ہوگا۔ بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ گندم کو بوائی کے سیزن سے ڈی اے پی 4600روپے کی بجائے 10000روپے تک فی بوری تک فروخت ہو رہی ہے اور کوئی پرسان حال نہیں ہے جبکہ پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے دور میں ڈی اے پی کھاد کی بوری کی قیمت 3500روپے تک تھی۔
انہوں نے کہا کہ پنجاب میں کسانوں کو نہری پانی نہیں مل رہا۔ ٹیوب ویل چلائیں تو 600روپے فی گھنٹہ خرچہ کے بعد سرکاری قیمت پر گندم کی فروخت ممکن نہیں ہوگی۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ سندھ حکومت نے گندم کی امدادی قیمت 2200روپے رکھی ہے جبکہ پنجاب نے 1950 روپے مقرر کی ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا ڈیزل ، بجلی اور کیڑے مار ادویات کی قیمتوں کے اضافے کے بعد فی ایکٹر لاگت بڑھ گئی ہے اس لئے پنجاب میں گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ کیا جائے۔
بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ عمران خان نے جرمنی اور جاپان کا بارڈر ملایا اور ان کے ایک کھلاڑی نے سندھ افغانستان بارڈر ملا کر یوریا کی اسمگلنگ کا مضحکہ خیز بیان دیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ ابھی بیس روز بعد مکئی کی کاشت شروع ہو جائے گی اگر اسی طرح یوریا، نائٹروفاس اور ڈی اے پی کھاد دستیاب نہ ہوئی تو ملک میں غذائی بحران پیدا ہو جائے گا۔
Pakistan used to sell urea all over the world in the PPP era, and today the entire country is looking for urea – Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
In a statement, he said that urea is being sold at Rs. 3500 per bag in the black market instead of the official price of Rs. 1768. One bag of urea in Punjab, on one identity card is being sold at Rs. 2700 after recommendation by the deputy commissioner.Pakistan used to sell urea all over the world in PPP era and today the entire country is looking for urea. If urea had been made available to farmers before the rains across the country, there would have been an increase in crop production. Chairman Bilawal said that the PPP will hold rallies from January 21 against oppression of farmers across the country. The farmers belonging to the PPP will come out in solidarity with the farmer community. Imran Khan has committed economic terrorism by destroying the agricultural sector of an agricultural country which will not be forgiven at any cost. DAP fertilizer is being sold at Rs. 10000 per bag instead of Rs. 4600. The DAP fertiliser was Rs. 3500 per bag during the PPP government, he said. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that there is no water for growers in Punjab and it costs Rs, 600 per hour to operate a tube well. It will not be possible for a grower to produce wheat at government price. The Sindh government has set the wheat price at Rs. 2200 per mound whereas Punjab has set the price at Rs. 1950/mound. The cost of production per acre has increased after increase in prices of power, diesel, and pesticides so the support price in Punjab should be increased. Imran Khan had joined Germany and Japan geographically and one of his ministers has now joined Sindh’s border with Afghanistan and has accused the Sindh government of smuggling Afghanistan from that border. Maize cultivation will start in 20 days, if urea, nitrophosphate and DAP fertilizer are not available then a food crisis will emerge in the country, Chairman Bilawal warned.
https://www.ppp.org.pk/pr/26053/
Skipping US democracy summit a ‘mistake’ by Pakistan: Bilawal
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Monday said the local government laws of the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad bore no comparison with the Sindh local government law that was superior to them.
He said this while addressing a news conference in Karachi. The amended local government bill was passed by the Sindh Assembly on Saturday amidst the opposition’s protest. Another crucial and related development was the handover of the Sindh Solid Waste Management to the metropolitan/municipal corporation mayors, say media reports.
The opposition parties – including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) – strongly criticised the new law, which they claimed would deprive the people of urban centres of their rights.
Bilawal said the PPP always raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan unlike others who chanted anti-Pakistan slogans – a veiled reference to the MQM.
“I’ve always seen you involved in terrorism ever since I was born,” he said, adding, “Those who’re calling our local bodies bill a black law will have their faces blackened”.
Bilawal alleged that former Karachi mayors, including Mustafa Kamal and Wasim Akhtar, did nothing for the city but destroyed its peace.
“The opposition parties are losing their senses over the PPP’s local bodies’ law. Now, no bat or any other slogan will work… it is time for the slogan of the arrow to rule.”
According to him, the PPP was progressing in Lahore.
“The people of large cities of the country are looking towards the PPP and they intend to vote for us,” he claimed, adding that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s statement is being deliberately taken out of context which is ‘condemnable’.
Bilawal said his party’s government had transferred maximum powers to local government divisions and “this is why people want to give us an opportunity to serve them”.
He added that those who criticised the local bodies law could do so, but it was not their right to lie about it.
“This law is better than the one introduced by Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and the one introduced in year 2013,” he said.
Bilawal further said the PPP had made all departments subordinate to the local government. He claimed that the provincial government had devolved more powers to LGs compared to Mustafa Kamal era.
He said the PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was the strongest civilian president in the country, yet he devolved more powers to the grass-root level.
“He devolved the municipal and political powers to the local bodies’ representatives.”
Bilawal also vowed to make the province’s health and education departments exemplary.
“We reject the health card of the federal government,” Bilawal said, adding, “It is tantamount to a burglary on the government hospitals.”
He added, “Show me one hospital in K-P and Punjab that’s on par with Sindh’s NICVD [National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases].”
Responding to a question from a reporter, Bilawal said Pakistan should not have skipped the US-hosted virtual summit on democracy.
He said Pakistan was not in a position to “deprive” itself of any forum.
“Even if an ally raises objections, we can raise their views and our views [at the forum] but we should never cede space.” Bilawal said in his opinion it was a “mistake” at a foreign policy level.
Bilawal also compared the healthcare provided by the Sindh government and the PTI government. “Compare the hospitals runs by the Sindh government with those run by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation,” he said.
“Look at the state of these hospitals,” he said, adding that the provincial government will now look after them.
“We believe in 100pc free healthcare. Our hospitals are working on providing the poor with healthcare facilities that are on a par with the international standards.”
Bilawal said PM Imran, who earlier today launched a health insurance programme to cover the entire province of Punjab, was trying to show off the health card, but it had a “limit”.
“The health card can’t cover a day’s expenses for the Covid-19 intensive care unit. [But] the Sindh government covers all of your expenses.”
The PPP chairman said that this was also the case with open-heart surgery.
“We cover the day [of the procedure] and the expenses for the medication you have to buy for the rest of your life.”
He said the PTI’s health card also didn’t cover post-operative care.
“We cover the procedure itself as well as post-operative care at Sindh hospitals which offer free-of-cost liver and kidney transplants.”
Bilawal said the health card was an attempt to take money from government hospitals and hand it over to private facilities which was an “injustice”.