Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that opposition parties should put off their rallies in the public interest amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Taking to his Twitter handle, he wrote:

“The politics of perturbation should be put off in the public interest,” 

He underscored the need for creating an environment conducive to dialogue.

Fawad Chaudhryurged individuals respected in both the government and opposition circles to come forward and play their role in paving the way for purposeful dialogue between the two.

عوام کے مفاد میں احتجاجی سیاست کو ملتوی ہونا چاہئے،مذاکرات کا ماحول بنانا ضروری ہے وہ شخصیات جن کا عموعی احترام ہے اور جو حکومت اوراپوزیشن دونوں میں احترام کی نظر سے دیکھے جاتے ہیں وہ آگے آئیں اور مذاکرات کا ماحول بہتر بنانے میں کردار ادا کریں، تلخیاں کم کریں ملک کیلئے ضروری ہے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 11, 2020

It should be noted that Pakistan reported 50 more deaths in the past 24 hours due to the novel coronavirus taking the national fatality toll to 8,653.

According to the Government of Pakistan portal for COVID-19, with the fresh addition of 3,047 cases in the past 24 hours, the national caseload now stands at 432,327.

As many as 4,791 people have been recovered from the dread virus in a single. So far 379,092 recoveries have been reported since the pandemic struck Pakistan.

A total of 42,596 tests were conducted across the country during this period.  Whereas 5,948,742 samples have been tested thus far.