Pakistani Twitter Sees Outpouring Of Sympathy For India As COVID-19 Crisis Unites People Online
Not just within the country, but people from Pakistan have also rallied behind India, expressing their solidarity in these times of desolation.
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in India, the healthcare system has been left reeling, with dire shortage of medical supplies and resources adding to the woes.
At a time when the country is facing its biggest challenge in recent memory, the only silver lining has been to witness people coming together in numbers to provide assistance to Covid patients, even if virtually.
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Not just within the country, but people from Pakistan have also rallied behind India, expressing their solidarity in these times of desolation.
Twitter has been filled with posts from across the border reaching out to their counterparts offering their good wishes and prayers for coming out of the deadly wave of coronavirus.
Pakistan-based Edhi Foundation has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering assistance amid the crisis. In their letter, Edhi has offered to send a fleet of 50 ambulances to India to assist efforts to cope with a massive surge in COVID-19 infections.
Faisal Edhi of Pakistan¡¯s Edhi foundation writes to India offering help regarding the surge of Covid cases in India and the resulting lack of oxygen.
¡ª Laraib Shahid Raja (@laraibsraja) April 23, 2021
Humanity before rivalry!! #IndiaNeedsOxygen #CovidIndia #WeCantBreathe pic.twitter.com/EWrYRDP7JD
Pakistani Twitter is seeing outpouring of empathy as the hashtag #PakistanstandswithIndia continues to be the number one trend in the country.
Here are some of reactions:
All our prayers with Indian people in these difficult times. May Allah make it easier for India and the entire world . Know that we are praying for you !
¡ª Farhan Saeed (@farhan_saeed) April 23, 2021
Heart warming to see #PakistanstandswithIndia as the top trend in Pakistan.
Humanity should and did win.
V in Pakistan watch ur acute suffering with great pain.R duas that by some miracle Allah ends ur pain-that your govt can iA soon/successfully tackle the acute shortage of oxygen etc. Whatever r differences v bond in humanity.R prayers 4 u continue. In solidarity. #Praying4Indians
¡ª Nasim Zehra (@NasimZehra) April 24, 2021
The hashtag #PakistanstandswithIndia represents the best side of Pakistan. We must choose solidarity and empathy over hate and enmity. Only peace and cooperation in our region can help us prepare for existing and coming disasters.
¡ª Ammar Ali Jan (@ammaralijan) April 23, 2021
heart wrenching scenes from India. high time that both Pakistan and India grow up and work together together to save their people. If investment had been done in saving lives thru healthcare and not in making bombs things would have been different today! #PakistanstandswithIndia
¡ª Yaqoob Khan Bangash (@BangashYK) April 24, 2021
After a very long time I have found a trend on twitter that has love and empathy. This is Ramadan and I pray from the Most Raheem for his Rehmat.
¡ª Fankar_Feminist (@TakreemaA) April 24, 2021
May we all get through this. #PakistanstandswithIndia
In this difficult time #PakistanstandswithIndia, stay strong neighbour this shall pass. Prayers ?
¡ª Asad Ali Toor (@AsadAToor) April 23, 2021
Heartening to note that
¡ª Waseem Abbasi (@Wabbasi007) April 23, 2021
#PakistanstandswithIndia is top Twitter trend here.. When it¡¯s matter of life and death we must stand together and show humanity. Everyone I meet here in Pakistan is genuinely concerned about Neighbours.
It's difficult times that bring the best out of humanity and we are witnessing just that.
Pakistan is by no means done with its own battle against the novel disease but thousands of messages of hope and support on social media sites has shown how humanity always surpasses hate.
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