Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the country's to put off public rallies for at least two months as they will lead to endangering "the lives of people due to the fast spread of Covid-19".
"The opposition thinks it can put pressure on me by holding rallies. That is not the case; but the rallies will endanger people's lives," Dawn news quoted Khan as saying in a televised address to the nation on Thursday after a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19.
According to the NCC, 3,138 people tested positive for the virus and 56 died in the last 24 hours.
The new figures increased the overall caseload and death toll to 432,327 and 8,653, respectively.
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"Who has staged bigger rallies than us? Will they succeed in ousting the government?" he asked.
