Today’s outlook: Air Force Day, meeting to decide schools’ reopening

Here are the news stories we expect to follow today.

  • Pakistan is celebrating Air Force Day. In the 1965 war, MM Alam shot down five Indian planes in one minute, with four planes being downed in the first 30 minutes.
  • Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair a meeting today to make the final decision on whether Pakistani schools and other educational institutions will reopen from September 15. Provincial education ministers will also attend the meeting.
  • PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will head to Mirpurkhas today to inspect rain damages. He will also be visiting Sanghar and Umerkot as part of a three-day trip.
  • Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah is in Sukkur for a day’s trip to inspect the flood situation in the Sukkur Barrage.
  • ICYMI: Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar said the Centre will be funding 62% of the Rs1,100 billion Karachi transformation package. He denied Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s claims that they were only paying Rs300 billion. To read more, click here.


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