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All events organised for PM Imran Khan to be conducted in Urdu
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Saturday Jun 05, 2021
Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Malaysia s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (not pictured) in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. Reuters/Lim Huey Teng
Prime Minister Imran Khan has instructed that all events organised in his honour be conducted in Urdu, it emerged on Saturday.
Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services (NHS) Dr Nausheen Hamid shared a notification from the Prime Minister s Office stating that henceforth all programmes, events, or ceremonies arranged for the prime minister shall be conducted in the national language Urdu.
The Southeast Asian nation has recorded a record number of new infections for four days running. The two-week shutdown aims to bring the outbreak under control.
Volunteers who help to give virus victims a Muslim burial say they are being stretched like never before, as Malaysia struggles to cope with its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic.