Over 27 Sindh Assembly employees test positive for COVID-19

KARACHI: As many as 28 government employees posted at Sindh Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.

According to Sindh health officials, 28 employees have tested positive for the COVID-19 so far after their reports were received today. The officials said more results of other Sindh Assembly’s employees who have undergone the virus test will come in the next three days.

It is worth mentioning here that the employees underwent the COVID-19 test after 26 provincial lawmakers have contracted the virus so far.

Those assembly members, who recently tested positive of novel COVID-19 included Naseem Rajpar and Moazzim Abbasi of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA),

Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Ghulam Jillani and Ali Khurshid, Mangla Sharma, Sharjeel Memon, Saleem Kalmati, Shahana Ashaar, Shajeela Laghari, Noor Ahmed Bhurgri, Liaquat Askani, Khurram Sherzaman and Shabbir Qureshi.

Earlier, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah had announced to present the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 on 17 June.

The chief minister said this while chairing a meeting of parliamentary body of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) in the Sindh Assembly. The provincial budget will be presented on 17 June before being approved from the cabinet on the same day, he added.

The chief minister apprised the provincial lawmakers regarding budget proposals and said that they would try to complete the ongoing projects in the Annual Development Plan (ADP).