Lahore: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that Pakistan cannot afford any lapse in ensuring protective measures to ward off the threat of coronavirus. The governor was speaking to chief secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik, Ulema belonging to different schools of thought, Universities Vice-Chancellors and a delegation of traders, who called on him at Governor’s House on Tuesday. The governor lauded that the government and security organizations for their role in controlling the spread of coronavirus and stressed that Ulema and all other segments of society should play their due role to protect people from getting infected by the coronavirus. The Chief Secretary briefed the governor about measures to control the spread of coronavirus and action against the hoarders.
Governor Punjab said the hoarders, busy hoarding essential items during Ramzan, deserved no sympathy and stressed that the government functionaries should take strict action against all such elements. Meanwhile, Pir Nazim Husain Shah, Maulana Asim Makhdoom, Mufti Ashiq Husain and others called on the Governor Punjab at Governor’s House and assured that Ulema were supporting the government machinery wholeheartedly in the war against coronavirus.
Later, Rahim Yar Khan University Vice-Chancellor Dr Salman Tahir, Agriculture University Faisalabad VC Dr Ashraf and UET Multan Campus VC Amir Ejaz also met the governor and presented Rs6 million cheques for the PM’s Corona Relief Fund. The Governor said the role of Universities in the wake of coronavirus threat was exemplary and stressed that the whole nation needed to get united to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Punjab said that the Prime Minister Imran Khan had set an example of serving poor and needy in these testing times and added that these relief activities would continue till the coronavirus pandemic would subside. He said the government had appointed all vice-chancellors on merit to ensure improve education standard.