Young poetess Kiran Waqar’s death sets social media ablaze

Poetess, writer and columnist Kiran Waqar has breathed her last while fighting coronavirus amid poor conditions at an Okara hospital as well as the Punjab government’s apathy, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday. 

Senior anchor/journalist Hamid Mir and singer Jawad Ahmad strongly criticized the Punjab government in a letter over the death of Kiran Waqar despite her consistent complaints about the non-availability of oxygen cylinders in Okara District Hospital.

نوجوان شاعرہ کرن وقار نے اس دنیا سے رخصت ہونے سے کچھ دن قبل اپنی آخری فیس بک پوسٹ میں علاج کی ناکافی سہولتوں کا شکوہ کیا انہوں نے آج اپنی جان دیکر پنجاب کی گورنینس کو بے نقاب کر دیا اللّٰہ پاک انکی مغفرت فرمائے آمین pic.twitter.com/fsS5VzY7sa

— Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) April 10, 2021

Kiran Waqar and her brother contracted coronavirus a few days back. They complained numerous times on their social media accounts about the non-availability of oxygen, a key element in the treatment of the Covid-19.

She raised questions about where she and her brother should go as there was no oxygen available in Okara District Headquarters Hospital.

On March 30,Kiran Waqar wrote that her mother died of Corona.
On 31,she wrote that she & her younger brother were in DHQ Hospital Okara due to Corona but there was no oxygen or treatment.She kept asking what to do.Then her brother died & today she died too.
Pakistanis or insects? pic.twitter.com/TChLSXgAFe

— Jawad Ahmad (@jawadahmadone) April 10, 2021

Yesterday, Kiran Waqar died at a hospital in Lahore. Her mother and brother had already fallen prey to the coronavirus.

Kiran Waqar’s death also exposed the performance of the Punjab Health Department and District Administration in Okara.

Citizens of Okara are demanding strict action from Chief Minister Punjab.