Here are the headlines from SAMAA TV’s 9am bulletin.
- In the last 24 hours, more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in Pakistan, taking total number of infections to 132,000. Over 2,500 people have died of the virus so far.
- WAPDA House in Lahore has been closed over coronavirus fears till June 21. WAPDA officials will be available on the telephone.
- The PTI government unveiled its second annual budget in the National Assembly. The condition to show CNICs on purchases above Rs50,000 has been increased to Rs100,000 while pensions of the retired government employees have not been increased in the budget.
- PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif have rejected the budget. They claim the budget gives relief to mafias instead of the public.
- Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah has decided to increase the number of HDU and ICU beds at private hospitals across the province due to increasing COVID-19 cases. Sindh Health Secretary Zahid Ali Abbasi has been sacked over “negligence” and Kazim Hussain Jatoi has replaced him.
- The Federal Investigation Agency has formed a joint investigation committee to look into the PIA plane crash in Karachi’s Model Colony. The team will begin its investigation at the Karachi airport where it will question PIA and CAA staffers.
- Pakistan has announced the 29-member squad that will travel to England for three Tests and three T20Is. Nineteen-year-old Haider Ali, and Sarfaraz Ahmed have been included in the squad.
- Pakistan is observing the eighth death anniversary of Ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan.
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