Today’s outlook: Govt to discuss matric exams, summer vacations

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

• Educational institutions in cities with less than 5% coronavirus infection rate have reopened across Pakistan.
• Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair an inter-provincial meeting to discuss the date of examinations for intermediate and matric students. Decisions will be taken on summer vacations and the vaccination of teachers.
• Coronavirus restrictions in Sindh will remain in force for two weeks. Markets and malls have been allowed to stay open from 6am to 6pm, while outdoor dining has been banned.
• Pakistan has received two million more doses of the SinoVac vaccine from China.
• PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif is hosting a dinner today to revive the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement. PPP and JUI-F leaders have been invited.
• According to the NCOC, 57 people have died from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, while 3,060 new cases were reported across the country.
• Pakistan will host the World Environment Day 2021 conference in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme on June 5.
• PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar will take oath in the Punjab Assembly today.