Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR, (Parliament Times): March 24 : Azad Govt. of the State of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday completely sealed all the entry and exit points of the state and advised the residents currently outside the territory, not to visit the state for at-least next one month – in view of the extra-ordinary measures taken to frustrate spread of Corona virus, it was officially said.
The decision for complete closure of the state for the general movement, was taken at a high-level video link meeting presided over by Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Tuesday. “Due to the increasing threat of corona-virus spread, no one from outside the territory would be allowed to enter in Azad Kashmir”, the Prime Minister said while addressing the meeting. Haider appealed the AJK citizens, currently staying outside the state, to continue staying at their respective current places of boarding outside the State. “These measures are for the protection of the lives of your loved ones, please do not travel to AJK for at-least a month”, he said with regret to those AJK residents traveling, staying outside the State. Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana, Secretary Health Maj. General Tahir Sardar, Principal Secretary Raja Amjid Pervaiz Ali Khan and other top officials of the State government attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan made telephonic contacts with several leaders of opposition parties including Chaudhary Muhammad Yaseen, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, Chauhdary Lateef Akbar, Abdul Rasheed Turabi, Moulana Saeed Yousaf and others and discussed the latest situation arising out of the corona pandemic in the region. Prime Minister took the AJK parliamentary leaders into confidence on government measures to combat the spread of corona virus in the state. He appealed the opposition parties to extend their due support and cooperation to his government to help effectively deal with the situation. The entire political leadership, reportedly positively responded to the Prime Minister with their all out support to his government in these hours of trial.