In the upper house of Pakistan’s Senate, the government has acknowledged that AIDS is spreading rapidly in Pakistan and that the spread of AIDS in Pakistan is increasing in Asian countries.
Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami revealed that Pakistan is number one in Asia in terms of the spread of AIDS. The number of infected patients in the country has reached 240,000.
During Question Hour in the Senate, the Minister for National Health Services said in a written reply that the number of AIDS patients in Pakistan is increasing as compared to Asian countries.
He attributed the increase to poor testing and treatment facilities, repeated use of syringes and the availability of blood bags without scanning more than one person.
According to the government, HIV tests are regularly performed on eunuchs and male and female sex workers in high-risk communities. For this purpose, the number of AIDS centers has been increased from 16 to 26.
Fifty new cases of HIV have been reported across the country. The government plans to open three more clinics this year and two next year.
The written reply said that the government was enacting strict laws across the country to ban the reuse of used syringes.
Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami said during Question Hour in the Senate session that he was not satisfied with the written reply given by the government.
Citing a UN report, he said that Pakistan was one of the 11 most dangerous countries in the world to be affected by AIDS.
Debating in the Senate, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed said that according to the report, Pakistan is number one in Asia in terms of the spread of AIDS. In Pakistan, 240,000 people are infected with AIDS.
He questioned why the number of AIDS patients was increasing instead of decreasing despite the steps taken by the government to control the disease and why Pakistan was number one in Asia in terms of the spread of AIDS. Is.
When the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan tried to answer this supplementary question, the opposition members protested against the non-appearance of the concerned Minister in the House. Meanwhile, government and opposition members started speaking at the same time and the opposition walked out of the house.