The federal cabinet agreed that the main challenge for the government is inflation, while the majority of the ministers expressed concerns over the expensive goods. The federal cabinet also discussed the opposition’s targeting of state institutions and apolitical individuals. In this regard, the Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar said that such public meetings must be held without compromising the standard operating procedures (SoPs) of Covid-19. Moreover, the federal cabinet was also informed about the rise in the number of new cases in the current month as compared to the figures of July and August. On behalf of the office-holders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Federal Minister for Information Technology Syed Aminul Haq presented a donation cheque worth Rs1,033,933 to the prime minister for his coronavirus relief fund.

Source: Pakistan Today October 20, 2020 16:00 UTC