Pak editor praises CM Yogi’s fight against Covid-19, wants Imran govt to ‘take lessons’
A Pakistani leading daily ‘Dawn’ editor Fahd Hussain has lauded the Uttar Pradesh's handing of the coronavirus cases, saying that the state govt did everything right.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has led a strong and sustained drive to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic and it has won him many admirers.
Despite being one of the largest state with high density, the state has kept the Coronavirus numbers in check.
This time, a Pakistani leading daily ‘Dawn’ editor Fahd Hussain has lauded the Uttar Pradesh’s handing of the coronavirus cases, saying that the state govt did everything right. The Pakistani senior journalist also said that Uttar Pradesh was strict with lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
“UP was strict with lockdown, we weren’t”
While comparing Uttar Pradesh’s handling of coronavirus casualty rate with that of Pakistan, the Pakistani journalist said the Indian state has a lower mortality rate than Pakistan despite having roughly the same population profile.
“UP was strict with lockdown,” Fahd Hussain said.
Look at this graph carefully. It compares death rate of Pakistan and Indian state of UP. Both have roughly same population profile & literacy. Pakistan has lesser density/km and higher GDP/capita. UP was strict with lockdown. We were not. See diff in death rate #COVIDー19
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/so8SgEtjCw— Fahd Husain (@Fahdhusain) June 7, 2020
Hussain tweeted a graph to compare Covid-19 death toll in Pakistan and Uttar Pradesh to explain how the two handled the crisis and what was its impact.
As per graph, Pakistan has a population of 208 million while that of UP is 225 million but the death rate of former is almost 7 times higher than Yogi-led state.
A reference to Maharashtra & message for Imran govt
Fahd also compared Pakistan’s performance with Maharasthra.
Though, Maharashtra remains worse affected by Coronavirus, the Dawn editor sought to send a message to his own government in Pakistan about the need to take the right lessons.
Here’s another graphic comparison this time between Pakistan and Indian state of Maharashtra (prepared by an expert). This shows how terribly Maharashtra has performed in relation to Pakistan. Shows the outcome of bad decisions & their deadly consequences #COVIDー19
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/6AHenrznIs— Fahd Husain (@Fahdhusain) June 7, 2020
The Dawn editor, yesterday through his article – ‘Message that matters’, highlighted the chaotic situation in Pakistan due to Coronavirus and how Imran govt was grappling to come out of it but to no avail.