President consults religious leaders over gatherings

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President Arif Alvi held talks with Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith chief Senator Sajid Mir and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Rana Tanveer Hussain regarding prayer congregations.

In separate telephone calls, President Alvi discussed with them matters pertaining to his meeting with ulema on Saturday about measures to be adopted against the spread of the coronavirus during Ramazan.

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