The Tablighi community has played a fundamental role in spreading Corona virus in Pakistan, with solid evidence beginning to appear in the media. Patients belong to the preaching community. 41,000 people of Tablighi Jamaat have been spread across Pakistan and authorities are still in search of them. Tableeghi Jamaat in hot water in Pakistan too for Covid-19 spread
According to local media, Tablighi Jamaat held large gatherings across Pakistan during the outbreak of Corona virus in the country, in which hundreds of foreign preachers also participated. 41,000 people of Tablighi Jamaat have been spread across Pakistan and authorities are still searching for them. Pakistani authorities say they are looking for 41,000 members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who are still on their preaching missions across the country after attending a large Tablighi gathering in Rawind. An estimated 10,000 people are at risk of spreading Covid 19 in 60 cities, says a senior officer with the National Command and Control Center (NCCC). There are reports of positive Corona cases in two dozen Tablighi centers. Of the total 100,000 people in these centers, about 4,000 to 5000 people came from about 26 different cities.
According to officials, it was advised to call-off the annual gathering at Raiwind to eliminate the risk of spreading the virus, which was not implemented. Authorities say that about 900 foreign preachers and more than 14,000 locals from the Tablighi Jamaat have been trapped in more than 200 mosques. Authorities also claim, they have barred people from entering the party centers and have decided to screen all members as soon as possible. In the light of recent reports, at least 170 members of Tablighi Jamaat have been tested positive so far, with more than 150 tests awaiting results. Meanwhile, Murtaza Wahab in Sindh province said that 221 test results of the members of Tablighi Jamaat have come out of which 94 result has been positive. Authorities are still waiting for 15 test results.
About 453 foreigners are housed in different isolation centers in the province. In Punjab province, 296 foreigners have been placed in Lahore’s Quarantine Centers, while 10 have been placed in Sheikhupura, 45 Gujranwala, 23, Sargodha, 17 Faisalabad, 41 and Multan 21 DG Khan Quarantine Centers. ۔ According to official data, 8,000 people of Tablighi Jamaat have been quarantined in Punjab.
More than 2,200 locals in Lahore, while 900 people in Rawalpindi have been kept in Quarantine, out of which 80% have symptoms. 550 members including 26 people from China, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Tunisia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Turkey and other countries have been quarantined at mosques in Sukkur and Hyderabad. 50 Nigerians, including five Nigerian women, have been quarantined in Kasur. More than 250 members have been quarantined at the center where a member’s test has come positive and 106 results are awaited. More than 400 have been quarantined in Multan where most of the foreigners are quarantined at the Abdali mosque. There are 17 positive cases in Islamabad, six of which are from Kyrgyzstan and two from Palestine. More than 3,000 preachers, including 200 foreigners, have gone on four-month preaching missions in Balochistan and KP. 
According to sources, Tablighi Jamaat has played a disastrous role in spreading the Corona virus by organizing large gatherings in the hour of crisis. Meanwhile, Pakistani authorities have now acknowledged that the government was already focusing on Hussaini pilgrims, who were put in Quarantine centers at Taftan border. After spending time in the assigned centers they returned to their homes. Their data is maintained with the government.
Sindh Chief Minister also mentioned that he believe that Hussaini visitors have no role in spreading the corona virus as they were monitored from the very beginning. According to sources, some Saudi and US pro-Pakistani media propagated fierce poisoning against pilgrims returning from Iran in the early days of the Corona virus.
The aforementioned media paid no attention to travelers coming from Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Italy, Britain, Turkey and the United States and tried to declare them corona-free. In the initial days of the outbreak, Tourists and foreigners of the Tablighi Jamaat were not monitored properly. Thousands of people spread across Pakistan with the Corona virus symptoms.
Moreover, Corona virus test results came out positive in hundreds of people from Tablighi Jamaat. Over time, some of their centers have been quarantined, where Tablighi people are still fleeing from Quarantine centers. In a sad incident, Tablighi member stabbed the security officer deployed at one of the center and fled. Corona virus is a global outbreak that requires cohesion and harmony to counter it. The leaders of Tablighi Jamaat also need to realize that it is not the time to safeguard their holy business but to act with sanity and reason.
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