Observer Report
Islamabad
Pakistan’s upper house of parliament suspended activity on Tuesday amid rising Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile offices shut down for at least three days.
The Senate offices on the instructions of Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani have been suspended starting today and a notification to that effect has been issued as well. According to the notification issued by the Senate administration, the house will remain shut until November 6. It may be noted that the pick and drop service for the Senate employees has also been suspended while the visits of guests and outsiders have been banned to curb Covid-19 spread. The upper house, moreover, has mandated it for all the employees to wear masks and carry hand sanitizers when in the house.
On the other hand, the Sindh government has separately rolled out Standard Operation Procedures amid the second wave of novel coronavirus that has seen a spike in recent days.
Sindh Secretariat issued a notification mandating all its employees to wear masks without exceptions.
The General Administration Department of Sindh disseminated the said notification across all the departments under the Sindh government while delegating a focal person in each department to oversee implementation on rolled out SOPs.
