Question: Write the same text in your own words. Need solution Asap. The casual approach with regards to handling of the pandemic and the PTI government's

Write the same text in your own words. Need solution Asap.
The casual approach with regards to handling of the pandemic and the PTI government's inability to convince the masses about the seriousness of the situation has not only resulted in the high numbers of infections but has also hurt the middle and lower middle class economically. Anyone with a little knowledge of the pandemic could have understood the risks associated with it and would have gone for a complete lockdown while increasing the testing capacity. Instead of tackling this problem by forming a united front, the PTI government is busy engaging in a war of words with the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz. From day one the PTI government was of the view that the lockdown will hurt the laborers and the lower middle class, prompting Imran Khan to decide against the lockdown. However, the half-hearted approach of going for a lockdown to just show the world that the government was serious, and not increasing testing drastically, not only resulted in a rise in Covid-19 patients but it also impacted the economy and the lower middle class. This actually raises the question as to what the so-called smart lockdown actually achieved and why, in spite of government claims that it helped deserving people through the Ehsas emergency programme, such staggering numbers of people were forced to sell their possessions in order to cover basic household needs. It has been a tale of mismanagement and leaving people to their own fate as far as the ruling party is concerned. The herd immunity model, which was even advocated earlier on by many journalists like us, has proven to be a failure as Sweden has paid the price for opting for that route, both in terms of lives lost and the economic ramifications. Living in denial, Imran Khan and his provincial chief ministers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have started saying that Covid-19 cases are falling in the country, whereas the truth is that government has reduced the testing of Covid-19 patients. The testing capacity, according to a recent news report, has now dropped by 56% in the country. It is a chaotic situation and many medical doctors who talked to this correspondent are of the view that the botched handling of the pandemic will result in a human catastrophe in Pakistan. Imran Khan has neither saved the vulnerable and poor segment of society from the economic impacts of the pandemic, nor has his governemnt curbed the spread of Covid-19 by opting for a lockdown and massive testing and identification of suspected carriers. The only way forward for the PTI government right now is to take this pandemic seriously and to bring the entire political leadership on one table to form a national action plan on an emergency basis to defeat the first wave of the pandemic. It is never too late to save human lives and the economy. For now, the masses are on their own and it is not the government but peoples' luck that will decide their fate.

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