What you need to know today, Sunday, May 16, 2021:
- All markets and shops will be open from May 17. Businesses will be open until 8pm, said the NCOC.
- Transport will be restored in other parts of the country from Sunday. Railways will be able to maintain operations with 70% passengers.
- The NCOC has said offices will have permission to work with 50% staff.
- These SOPs will be reviewed in a meeting on May 19.
- Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who was elected an independent member of the Punjab Assembly from Rawalpindi in the general election of 2018, is likely to take oath in the next session. At the request of the provincial government, the Governor of Punjab convened the assembly on May 18, Tuesday.
- Israel has bombed Palestinians for the sixth day in a row. Ten more Palestinians were martyred in Gaza, taking the toll to 140. Israel destroyed the offices of Al Jazeera and AP to much international condemnation.
- Low pressure in the Arabian Sea was reported to be turning into a storm, prompting Tharparkar, Thatta, Umerkot and Badin to declare an emergency over the weekend. But by mid-morning there were reports that the cyclone had hit the Indian state of Kerala.
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