Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday sought feedback from the provinces on the compliance of Ramazan guidelines by the public. He was chairing the second meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) during the Holy Month of Ramazan, which undertook a comprehensive review of the implementation of Ramazan guidelines, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) package, health situation and data integration, an NCOC press release said.
Minister for Interior Brig (R) Ejaz Ahmad Shah apprised the NCOC that the population in urban areas needed to be continuously educated on the guidelines with doing no usual business during Ramazan, however, it was encouraging that the people in villages were observing the guidelines. ‘The political leadership, particularly at the district and union council levels, has the most important role to educate the masses on the measure for their safety and well-being,’ he added. The forum dilated upon the health situation and future course of action keeping in view likely projections about the spread of coronavirus in future.
Meanwhile, Swabi police Sunday launched a crackdown against those shopkeepers violating orders of the government regarding implementation on SOPs and guideline issued to ensure safety of general public from coronavirus. DPO Swabi with teams of SDPOs and all the SHOs visited different markets, shops, bazaars and took action against those violating the already issued SOPs. They started closing of all shops, markets, bazaars at 4.00 p.m with the help of heavy contingents of police.
The citizens were also urged to stay at their homes and avoid unnecessary interaction and roaming in the markets or bazaars, otherwise the violators would be nabbed with cases registered against them. “We have informed the public time and again in this regard and the shopkeepers were told that apart from medical stores others would be closed by 4.00 pm,” an official said.
He said, “We are also assuring that during the time between 10.00 am to 4.00 p.m everyone is wearing mask, gloves, while entering the markets while the shopkeepers have been directed to put sanitizers alongside for use and maintain social distance as much as possible.”
