Today’s outlook: Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets, NAB summons Shehbaz

Here are some of the news stories we are expecting to follow today (Thursday):

• The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet to sight the Ramazan moon at the Met Office in Karachi.
• NAB has summoned PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif at its Lahore office despite the politician asking for exemption from appearances due to the risk of contracting the coronavirus.
• Pakistan will host the 20th SAARC summit via video link to discuss combating the virus.
• Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza has given a heads up that COVID-19 is likely to spike in Pakistan in the coming three to four weeks.
• As of Thursday, 10,069 known coronavirus cases have been reported in the country and 211 patients have died.
• ICYMI: The Federal Board of Revenue has devised a centralised system of online refund payments to tax payers’ accounts. Click here to read the full story.