Today’s outlook: Announcement expected today on exams, schools reopening

Here are some of the stories we will be following today (Wednesday):

• PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the main aim of PDM should be to give the government a tough time instead of hosting dinners. All the parties should work on an action plan, he said.
• Pakistan Stock Exchange’s 100-index went up by 48,000 points for the first time in four years on Tuesday.
• Pakistan has launched the first locally-produced coronavirus vaccine PakVac. In the first phase, 120,000 doses were produced.
• Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will lead a meeting of provincial ministers to decide on exams and the reopening of schools.
• The prices of chicken and eggs have reached their highest in a year in Lahore.
• Six bodies were found from a river in Faisalabad. The police have begun investigations.
• The president of Tajikistan will land in Pakistan for a two-day visit.
• A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee will be held today. Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen will approve grants for the army and interior ministry.
• PML-N leader Javed Latif’s judicial remand ends. The court has summoned the case challan in the hearing today. The politician was arrested in an anti-state remarks case.

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