The prime minister directed that all estimates of surplus crops should be monitored, she added. She said that Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza briefed the cabinet about the coronavirus epidemic and the challenges related to it. The prime minister, she said, issued the directives for the provision of all possible help to Pakistani students stranded in China’s Wuhan province. The decision has also been taken that the prime minister and the president would not be allowed to set up their camp offices, he added. Former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif used over Rs8 billion from the national exchequer, Murad added.

Source: Pakistan Today January 28, 2020 16:30 UTC