KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet, which has been summoned on October 22 at 10am in the new Sindh Secretariat, has a lengthy agenda of 17 items.

The meeting after confirmation of the minutes would be briefed by the home secretary on law and order situation and the inspector general of police on the fresh wave of increasing street crimes.

Secretary of health would explain to the meeting participants the background for invoking clause 21(1) of the Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority law to grant exemption for procurement of healthcare services in the national interest.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2019

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