'Uttar Pradesh did it right': Pakistan editor praises Yogi Adityanath govt's handling of COVID-19 crisis
The Pakistani editor lauded the Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 7,000 people in India.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
- Uttar Pradesh is the sixth worst-affected state in the country with over 10,500 COVID-19 cases
- Pakistan, on the other hand, has reported over 1 lakh cases of coronavirus so far
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government has received unlikely praise from across the border for its handling of the ongoing coronavirus or COVID-19 crisis. However, Maharashtra govt was ridiculed for its mismanagement during the pandemic.
Pakistan's leading daily 'Dawn' editor Fahd Husain took to his official Twitter handle and lauded Uttar Pradesh govt for strictly enforcing the lockdown to contain the virus spread in the state.
Before slamming the Pakistan govt for failing to do a similar thing, Husain tweeted a graph to compare coronavirus death toll in Pakistan and Uttar Pradesh to explain how the two sides handled the coronavirus situation and what were its ramifications.
"While the Indian state of UP has a lower mortality rate than Pakistan, Maharashtra has a higher rate despite the younger population and higher GDP/capita. We must know what UP did right and Maharashtra did wrong to learn the right lessons," he tweeted.
According to the graph shared by Fahd Husain, Pakistan has a population of 20.8 crore while Uttar Pradesh has over 22.5 crore people living in it. And despite having more population, UP has reported very few COVID-19 cases as compared to Pakistan.
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The Pakistani journalist's tweet has come a day after he wrote a detailed article 'Message that matter' in which he discussed how Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is struggling to deal with coronavirus pandemic and suggested measures on how to get out of the crisis.
According to latest reports, over 1 lakh cases of coronavirus have been reported in Pakistan so far, out of which 34,355 patients have recovered successfully while around 2,067 have succumbed to the deadly disease.