The Sindh government has decided to hold the remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League in Karachi without spectators, the government's spokesperson, Murtaza Wahab announced on Twitter.

The decision, taken during a meeting of the provincial task force on coronavirus, will be applicable from tomorrow. The match scheduled for today (March 12) will allow spectators, said the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

"We are going ahead with the matches. Cannot take any more risk," CM Shah said during the meeting.

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