PM Imran Khan to preside federal cabinet meeting today

Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair federal cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss the current situation in the country.

Media reports said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside the meeting. The cabinet will briefed  over the forensic report on sugar crisis in the country. The investigation commission probing into the sugar crisis in the country has prepared its forensic report and will present it before the federal cabinet.

Moreover the commission, headed by Federal Investigation Agency Director General Wajid Zia, would submit the report and also brief the participants about its findings. A day earlier, Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz had said there are 90% chances that the forensic report would come before Eid.

The cabinet will also discuss about the strategies related to tackling the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Let it be known that The number of coronavirus cases in the country has soared to 48,091 with 2,193 reported during the last 24 hours. According to National Command and Operation Center, 17,382 cases have so far been detected in Punjab, 18,964 in Sindh, 6,815 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,968 in Balochistan, 1,235 in Islamabad, 579 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 148 in Azad Kashmir. 14,155 patients have so far recovered from the virus while the death toll stands at 1,017 with 32 new deaths reported during the past twenty-four hours.