KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah met with Governor Sindh Imran Ismail at Governor House on Wednesday. They reviewed the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curtail the spread of Covid-19 in the province. The governor, chief minister also held discussions with a focus on special training measures for the professionalism of the police and the transformation of the police into a public service force. Keeping in view the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the province, the Sindh government on Monday formally requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone by-election for National Assembly constituency NA-249 Karachi. In a letter to the ECP, the Sindh government urged the election body to postpone the scheduled by-poll in the concurrency until the coronavirus pandemic was brought under control.

Source: Pakistan Today April 21, 2021 16:30 UTC