Headlines 9am: Sindh transport resumes with strict SOPs, crime rises

Here are SAMAA TV’s headlines from the 9am bulletin.

  • Public transport in Karachi and other parts of Sindh will resume from today. Only 50% of the total capacity of the bus will be allowed to travel. For online taxi services, only two people will be allowed in a car. Wearing masks and using hand sanitiser has been made compulsory for both travelers and drivers. Failure to follow the SOPs will lead to strict action.
  • The Lahore High Court will hear Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif’s plea for pre-arrest bail in the cases against him. NAB had received a letter from him on Tuesday stating that he could not appear before it due to fears of contracting the coronavirus. Shehbaz said he is a cancer patient and aged 69 years.
  • Sindh minister Murtaza Baloch’s funeral prayers were offered yesterday. They were attended by a huge number of members of the PPP. No one followed the coronavirus SOPs during the funeral. No one wore masks or observed social distancing.
  • A man in Karachi’s Line Area was killed Tuesday night over an inheritance conflict. He was murdered by his younger brother. The police have registered a case and arrested the suspect.
  • Six thieves were arrested in Faisalabad during a police raid. Weapons and stolen items were confiscated from them.
  • In a targeted operation Tuesday night, five wanted criminals and 20 other suspects were arrested in Pindi Bhattian. The police seized drugs and weapons from them.
  • Seven children were killed and 13 injured after the roof of a madrassa collapsed in North Waziristan. The bodies and injured have been shifted to a hospital.


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