ISLAMABAD: In his message for the holy month of Ramazan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that nation has been ‘elite-centric’ in the response of coronavirus pandemic.
PM Imran took to Twitter and wished a blessed Ramazan to the Muslims around the globe. He said, “We in Pakistan must use this holy month to ask Allah for forgiveness for neglecting the poor & vulnerable in our society.”
Ramazan Mubarak to Muslims across the world. We in Pakistan must use this holy month to ask Allah for forgiveness for neglecting the poor & vulnerable in our society. We as a nation have been elite-centric in our policies, with no thought for these people, incl in the pandemic
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 24, 2020
The Prime Minister further said, “We as a nation have been elite-centric in our policies, with no thought for these people, in the pandemic.”
In another tweet, PM Imran again criticized the idea of a sweeping lockdown to curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Ramazan Mubarak to Muslims across the world. We in Pakistan must use this holy month to ask Allah for forgiveness for neglecting the poor & vulnerable in our society. We as a nation have been elite-centric in our policies, with no thought for these people, incl in the pandemic
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 24, 2020
He said, “When we sought a total lockdown without thinking about the consequences for the daily wage earners, the street vendors, the labourers, all of whom face poverty & hunger for themselves & their families. May Allah forgive us our sin of neglecting our dispossessed & poor citizens.”
In another Tweet, he said, “Let us also resolves as a nation, in this holy month of Ramazan, to lift our marginalised citizens out of poverty & mainstream them as our Prophet PBUH did in the world’s first welfare state – Riyasat-i- Madina – and as China has done in lifting 700 m people out of poverty.”
Let us also resolve as a nation, in this holy month of Ramazan, to lift our marginalised citizens out of poverty & mainstream them as our Prophet PBUH did in the world’s first welfare state – Riyasat-i- Madina – and as China has done in lifting 700 m people out of poverty.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 24, 2020
