PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari says the federal govt is "simply not providing" the provinces the help they need to combat the coronavirus, including provinces where the ruling PTI is in power.

"The federal government should've stood with us shoulder to shoulder. We're in the midst of a war, and the PM expects us to fight the war on our own?" he said in the National Assembly.

Referring to PPE, he questioned whether the Centre wanted the provinces to fight the virus "without the weapons".