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Sindh likely to resume inter-city public transport

Sindh likely to resume inter-city public transport
May 31, 2020
KARACHI (92 News) – The Sindh government has decided to partially resume inter-city public transport and to increase business hours of markets, shopping malls from 5pm to 8pm. Sindh government has finalised strategy and recommendations regarding lockdown restrictions in the province over the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday. It was recommended to continue the ban on inter-district public transport and parks due to soaring coronavirus cases. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will present recommendations in the meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) scheduled on Monday. It must be noted that Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) to decide whether to further ease or tighten the Covid-19 lockdown in view of a spike in infections and fatalities. The meeting will not take place on June 1 (Monday). PM Khan will chair a meeting. All chief ministers, federal ministers and relevant authorities will attend the meeting that will take stock of the ongoing coronavirus crisis and will work out a future strategy in view of a sudden increase in infections and fatalities in the country. Earlier, Pakistan recorded 3,039 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 88 deaths during the last 24 hours. The coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing in Pakistan as the country reported the most number of deaths, 88, and a record number of coronavirus cases, 3,039 during the last 24 hour. According to statistics provided by the official government website on the coronavirus situation in Pakistan, Pakistan topped its previous record number of new COVID-19 cases reported over 24 hours, 2,636, on May 28. According to National Command and Operation Center, the number of confirmed coronavirus infection cases in the country has reached 69,496 while 88 deaths reported during the last 24 hours. The cases so far reported in Punjab 25,056, in Sindh 27,360, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 9,540, in Balochistan 4,193, in Islamabad 2,418, in Gilgit-Baltistan 678 and in Azad Kashmir 251. 25,271 patients also recovered till now.