Pakistani pilgrims who were quarantined in Taftan, have opened up about their unforgettable and ‘inhuman’ experiences at the quarantine centres, that were set up by the government authorities to counter coronavirus.
According to a news report published in The Express Tribune, over 290 passengers – after being quarantined at Taftan, have reached Sukkar, where they will be tested for the deadly virus and remain in the isolation centres.
“It was like being in prison, we were supposed to be provided food thrice a day, but it was only given to us twice a day – and with the lack of adequate arrangements, half of us did not even receive that,” complained Azadar Hussain*, who had been quarantined in Pakistan House, Taftan, along with 47 companions since February 29.
He said that the authorities of quarantine centres did not even allow the women and children to go the toilets. “We were all treated inhumanly. It did not feel like we were in our own country,” stated Hussain.
Kifayat Ali*, from another area of Sindh, has been quarantined too, in a separate part of the Sukkur apartments that have been turned into a quarantine facility. “The majority of people here are short of money now,” he worried. “We were not expecting this sort of treatment towards us in Pakistan.”
Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah, while speaking to the media on Saturday said that the unsatisfactory arrangements at the Taftan border had caused immense suffering for the travellers coming from Iran. As a result, he claimed that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had decided to write to the federal government, requesting it to let the people of Sindh return to the province, where arrangements had been made for screening, quarantine and isolation at several places.
According to a news report published in The Express Tribune, over 290 passengers – after being quarantined at Taftan, have reached Sukkar, where they will be tested for the deadly virus and remain in the isolation centres.
“It was like being in prison, we were supposed to be provided food thrice a day, but it was only given to us twice a day – and with the lack of adequate arrangements, half of us did not even receive that,” complained Azadar Hussain*, who had been quarantined in Pakistan House, Taftan, along with 47 companions since February 29.
He said that the authorities of quarantine centres did not even allow the women and children to go the toilets. “We were all treated inhumanly. It did not feel like we were in our own country,” stated Hussain.
Kifayat Ali*, from another area of Sindh, has been quarantined too, in a separate part of the Sukkur apartments that have been turned into a quarantine facility. “The majority of people here are short of money now,” he worried. “We were not expecting this sort of treatment towards us in Pakistan.”
Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah, while speaking to the media on Saturday said that the unsatisfactory arrangements at the Taftan border had caused immense suffering for the travellers coming from Iran. As a result, he claimed that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had decided to write to the federal government, requesting it to let the people of Sindh return to the province, where arrangements had been made for screening, quarantine and isolation at several places.