Pakistan, May 14 -- The opposition parties on Wednesday continued to criticise federal government for what they said inappropriate measures against coronavirus outbreak in the country, also claiming that the Centre had totally failed to provide a strategic plan to contain the pandemic.

"When coronavirus cases were limited, the government enforced complete lockdowns, and now when the cases are on a persistent rise, the federal government has relaxed the restrictions," former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi lamented during his speech in the National Assembly. "The prime minister had said he would not impose lockdown in the country because the poor and daily wagers would suffer as a result...