Federal Minister for Human Rights Shirin Mazari termed the British decision to keep Pakistan on the red list as ridiculous and said that the British government is dominated by India’s admirers.

According to details, Federal Minister for Human Rights Shirin Mazari said in a statement on social networking site Twitter, “Ridiculous! UK govt, dominated by Indophiles & despite globally documented India’s continuing disastrous handling of Covid pandemic, moved India to Amber List but keeps Pak on Red; then under pressure from Opp MPs gives feeble excuse Pak didn’t share data.”

The Minister added, “Fact is UK govt never asked for data but it is publicly available as NCOC has the most centralised & daily updated data bases anywhere & data shared with UK HC. Earlier UK govt had given another excuse – that more Pak passengers than Indians tested positive! Shifting goalposts!”

It is to be noted that the United Kingdom has announced to remove India, the epicentre of Coronavirus’ Delta variant, from the red list while Pakistan is still on this list even though Coronavirus cases in Pakistan are much less than India’s.

According to the British announcement, those coming from Pakistan will have to be quarantined in the hotel and from August 12, those coming from the countries included in the red list will be charged an extra amount for quarantine.

Under the new order, the cost of quarantining an adult will increase from 50 1,750 to 8 2,285, while another adult will have to pay 30 1,430.

Meanwhile, the British Department of Transport is of the view that the decision to put Pakistan on the red list was taken on the instructions of the Joint Biosecurity Center.

It may be recalled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had hinted at removing Pakistan from the red list, saying that he was reviewing Pakistan’s Coronavirus figures.

Naz Shah, a British MP, has also sharply criticized the British government’s decision to keep Pakistan on Coronavirus’ red list.