HYDERABAD, Oct 24 (APP):The Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said the world is acknowledging the successful measures which were adopted by the Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government to meet the challenge of COVID-19. Referring to the acknowledging remarks of Bill Gates and Larry Summers, he said the entire world is recognizing the unprecedented measures taken by the Prime Minister Imran Khan to counter the effects of the pandemic. However, he said that Coronavirus still exists in the country and there is the dire need to adopt all precautionary measures with compliance of standard operating procedure to avert this threat. The recent carelessness has increased the cases of COVID-19 in the country, he said and informed that the government would initiate important decisions in next few days regarding strict compliance of SOPs against COVID-19. Commenting about the 18th Amendment, the minister said that the province should have decision making authority, however there is the need of effective coordination between the centre and provinces. The provinces had received enormous resources through NFC and now it is up to them whether they utilize those resources for uplift of masses or not, he added. About the issues … Continue reading Asad Umar hints curtailed supply of natural gas to industries in arriving winter