Published 11:37 IST, May 21st 2020
'Covid doesn't exist; Imran Khan invented it to get debt waiver': Pak man in viral TV byte
Under the Imran Khan-led Government, Pakistan seems to be living in its own bubble with its citizens ridden with ignorance and mistrust for their own government
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Under Imran Khan-led government, Pakistan seems to be living in its own bubble with its citizens ridden with igrance and mistrust for ir own administrators. In a video shared by Pakistani journalist Nailya Inayat on Twitter, a news channel reporter was seen intervening ordinary citizens, during which he went to question a man who was t wearing a mask amid viral pandemic. In response to his question, man laughed it off by saying that re is such thing as Coronavirus and that it is a 'myth' created by Pakistani government to get its loan waived off at an international level.
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"re is such thing as Corona, this is a way to fool citizens. Imran Khan has brought Corona as an excuse to get rid all of Pakistan's debts. This is a way of politics. re is such thing as Corona. If anything happens to anyone in any locality, y put tag of Corona on him. re is such thing as Corona, it is all a rumour. Pakistan Government has created this rumour. Have you seen Corona?" asked man.
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It was only a day earlier that blatant igrance of Pakistani netizens was exposed when y thanklessly jumped on Turkey bandwagon trending 'Boycott UAE' on Twitter after a Turkey-based account asked Pakistani's to trend hashtag highlighting strengning relationship between India and UAE. It is imperative to understand, that Pakistan has been a heavy borrower of UAE, and owes country $30 billion dollars.
Meanwhile, on Corona front, Pakistan recorded 1,932 new cases of vel coronavirus and 46 fatalities during last 24 hours, taking total number of infections in country to 45,898 with 985 deaths. Despite number of Coronavirus cases continuing to rise in country, Pakistan has decided to gradually exit countrywide lockdown that was imposed from March 9.
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11:37 IST, May 21st 2020