Ever since the Global pandemic hit Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has constantly been under much criticism due to his decisions. Now the hashtag, “Imran Khan Destroying Pakistan” has started trending in Pakistan as the situation worsens and the country crosses 100,000 mark of current corona patients.
There have been about 100,684 confirmed cases with 33,465 recoveries and 2,002 deaths in the country. Punjab has recorded the most cases at over 37,000, and has also reported the most deaths in the country, a total of 659. The country was put under a nation-wide lockdown until 9 May, which was initiated on 1 April and later extended twice. Upon its end, the lockdown was eased in phases.
Though Pakistan’s medical professionals have pleaded for more controls and greater enforcement of lockdown and social distancing directives, Imran Khan thinks Pakistan is too poor to observe a strict lockdown once again.
“A lockdown means the collapse of the economy and in poorer countries a steep rise in poverty, crushing the poor as happened in Modi’s lockdown in India,” the prime minister added.
“The only solution as the world has discovered is smart lockdown which allows for economic activity with SOPs. We are amongst the pioneers of this approach. I appeal to civil society, media, Ulema and our tiger force to create awareness amongst the pioneers of this approach. I appeal to civil society, media, Ulema and our tiger force to create awareness amongst the public of Covid-19’s severity and the need to strictly observe SOPs,” he tweeted.
On the contrary, China who has been able to successfully curb the spread of coronavirus says it has largely stopped the spread of the virus at home, though it continues to have occasional localized outbreaks.
People are also criticizing Imran Khans decisions that have caused long ques at the petrol pumps and various other things that according to the citizens “is destroying the economy”.
Failure to address high inflation and unemployment is another problem Imran Khan’s government is unable to resolve.
Some of the angriest tweets are below:
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The Art👇 The Artist 👇
#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan pic.twitter.com/ulmtlVGBSg— Umair Sheikh PMLN (@umair_sheikh722) June 10, 2020
People also are losing jobs due to the virus and want answers
#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan
Dharna politics and good speeches, doesn’t necessarily mean that your half-baked ideas and political sloganeering can help you run the country. pic.twitter.com/21JoLThgm6— Mahwish (@mahwishzafar7) June 10, 2020
PMLN vs PTI performance: GDP 5.8% vs minus 0.38%
Inflation 4% vs 14%
Interest 6% vs 13%(Covid8%)
Rupee/$ 115 vs 165
Budget deficit 6% vs 10%
Public Debt/GDP 72% vs 98%
Poverty minus 6% vs plus 4%#PTI destroyed Economy#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan pic.twitter.com/koNcWC2gmw— 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐛 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐚 (@ShadabYousaf) June 10, 2020
#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan
Situation Right Now pic.twitter.com/hkIhAU1R5E— Hassan Swaggy😎 (@HassanSwaggy) June 10, 2020
Imran khan is the Worst PM ever in the history of Paksitan
2000 deaths due to Corona amd he is echoeing mantra of سب اچھا ہے
He used to call shahbaz sharif dengue brothers on merely 200 deaths….what he must be called now ……Corona Niazi???
#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan pic.twitter.com/hGF19SyTjE— Awais Naseer🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰 (@Awais_Yarr) June 10, 2020
#ImranKhanDestroyingPakistan
Pakistan is facing Stupidity of Smart Lockdown pic.twitter.com/ZUZ2FoefGb— Mahwish (@mahwishzafar7) June 10, 2020
People of the country on twitter want answers from the government and have them take decisions that will benefit them in the long run.
