Information minister Shibli Faraz said that a decision regarding the lockdown after May 9 will be taken after a meeting of the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) scheduled for tomorrow.

Information minister Shibli Faraz. — DawnNewsTV
Information minister Shibli Faraz. — DawnNewsTV

He said: "Federal planning minister Asad Umar informed the meeting of the country's coronavirus situation and indicated that a meeting of the (NCOC) will take place tomorrow which will be attended by the chief ministers of all the provinces.

"They will sit down and build consensus for a unified policy regarding easing the lockdown. By this time tomorrow, whatever their recommendations are, will be with us."

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