Praising the Sindh government’s performance, however, they lauded Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah for taking timely and effective steps from the onset of the outbreak in the country. “This antagonistic attitude of the federal government has revived a sense of alienation among the people of Sindh,” asserts the statement, also highlighting feelings of deprivation and unconstitutional domination by the Centre. It urges the Sindh government to focus its energies, resources and efforts to confront the twin menace of COVID-19 and poverty within the province, adding that all possible measures should be taken to secure frontline workers. The writers demanded that the PM shun the politics of vengeance and vendetta, which they said was against the spirit of his oath of office. They also condemned the Sindh governor’s statement against the lockdown, adding that the people of Sindh, too, were citizens of Pakistan, whose mandate must be treated respectfully in the spirit of the Constitution.

Source: The Express Tribune April 13, 2020 20:03 UTC