Pakistan allocates 70 billion rupees in budget for Corona: Pak Urdu Press Review

In addition to the corona virus this week in the Urdu newspapers published from Pakistan, the news related to the general budget of Pakistan remained the most in the headlines.

First thing to mention is Corona. So far, around seven and a half million people have been infected with the corona virus and over four lakh 29 thousand people have died.

In Pakistan, more than 1.38 lakh people have been infected with this virus so far and 2627 people have been killed so far.

The condition of Punjab province is worst. So far more than 52 thousand people have been infected and 969 people have been killed.

In Sindh too, close to 50,000 people are infected and 793 people have died.

More than seven thousand people have been infected in the capital Islamabad and 71 people have died so far.

Among those who get corona infected are people like Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid, Leader of Opposition Shahbaz Sharif, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former cricketer Shahid Afridi.

After the deterioration of the health of Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid, he has been admitted to the army hospital on Saturday. After coming to Corona Positive, he was in the quarantine at home.

According to the World Health Organization, corona is spreading with the fastest rate in Pakistan. According to the newspaper Jung, the World Health Organization has informed Pakistan about this by writing a letter.

According to the newspaper, the statement said that out of the six conditions of relaxation of lockdown, Pakistan did not fulfill any of the conditions and even then the lockdown was almost completely abolished.

According to the World Health Organization, the rate of total sample test positive corona test positive in Pakistan is 24 percent, which should be five percent. According to him, corona has spread in every district of Pakistan.

The World Health Organization has recommended strict enforcement in Pakistan for two weeks and soft lockdown two weeks thereafter.

But Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says that given the current economic situation, lockdown cannot be implemented in the country again. He said that instead of lockdown, the standard operating procedure (SOP) related to Corona will be strictly implemented.

Imran Khan said that strict action will be taken against anyone who does not implement SOPs, but the lockdown issue is not completely resolved.

According to Imran, the opposition wants the economy to be completely destroyed by enforcing a complete lockdown.

But Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rushda says that the suggestion of the World Health Organization is correct and if Corona cases increase more, then lockdown will be implemented in Punjab again.

Experts say that there will be a peak of Corona in the months of July and August in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s annual budget: 70 billion rupees for Corona, 11.8 percent increase in defense budget

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Hammad Azhar on Friday presented the second annual budget of Imran Khan’s government.

The Finance Minister presented a budget of 65 trillion and 73 billion rupees, which showed a deficit of 34 trillion, but no new tax has been imposed.

The defense budget has been increased by 11.8 percent compared to last year, which has now increased to 12 trillion and 89 billion rupees.

70 billion rupees have been given to deal with Corona.

The budget of the ASHA program has been increased from 187 billion to 208 billion rupees. Imran Khan also mentioned this as an offer to help India fight Corona.

Under this program 12 thousand rupees cash is transferred to poor families.

10 billion rupees have been kept for the elimination of grasshopper groups, which apart from Pakistan, some states of India are also worried.

But the opposition has declared the budget as anti-people.

The President of Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto called it the PTIMF (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and IMF) budget.

According to Newspaper Express, Bilawal said that “the PTIMF budget will devastate the country’s economy like a tsunami.”

Bilawal said that this budget is only for the rich and there is nothing for the poor and the general public.

According to the newspaper Naw-e-Waqt, the Leader of Opposition, Shahbaz Sharif, has declared this budget a sign of destruction.