KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan for extending the lockdown by two weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, the chief minister expressed happiness that the rest of the provinces decided to implement the decision to extended lockdown. “There are exceptions [to the lockdown], but they are calculated ones,” he said. Murad’s praise for the prime minister came just days after he lashed out at the federal government for its “mixed signals” which he said made the lockdown imposed in the province ineffective. “Eventually all provinces agreed on easing some curbs.”STRICKER LOCKDOWN:The chief minister said that citizens should refrain from thinking that the lockdown for the next two weeks had been eased.

Source: Pakistan Today April 15, 2020 08:17 UTC