National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has said that the committee, formed to monitor the coronavirus situation, will address the crisis on a "priority basis".

He assured that "state will do its duty" and promised that the parliament will "not disappoint the people". The speaker also urged people to pray indoors on Shab-i-Barat and asked religious scholars to "cooperate with the government".

He was addressing the media alongside Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri and Safron Minister Shehryar Afridi.