Here are some of the stories we are expecting to follow today (Friday):
- The Sindh government will begin delivering rations to the needy families. According to the Karachi commissioner, rations will be delivered to people’s doorsteps from 5am to 7pm.
- The federal government has decided to reopen the construction industry. Prime Minister Imran Khan is also expected to announce a package for the industry.
- The Islamabad High Court will hear a petition regarding turning three and four-star hotels into quarantine facilities. Hotel managements had challenged the National Disaster Management Authority’s decision to convert hotels into isolation centres.
- The Sindh government has announced a complete ban on public movement and activities between 12pm and 3pm today. Congregational Friday prayers are already banned in the province.
- So far, 2,275 known cases of COVID-19 have been reported across Pakistan. Thirty-two patients have died.
- ICYMI: A defamation case has been filed against Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan for his comments on children with disabilities. Click here to read the full story.
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