{"id":63001,"date":"2020-03-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63001"},"modified":"2020-03-24T17:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:24:41","slug":"islamabad-close-down-malls-hotels-parks-weekly-bazaars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-close-down-malls-hotels-parks-weekly-bazaars.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad to close down malls, hotels, parks, weekly bazaars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has announced its decision to close all shopping malls, hotels, parks, city zoo and weekly bazaars in the capital city, a news source reported. The decision comes as part of efforts to discourage public gatherings amidst the coronavirus disease outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Bus project &#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html\" target=\"_blank\">Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision came on Thursday, during a meeting held to review measures pertaining to prevention of spread of coronavirus disease in the capital. ICT deputy commissioner chaired the meeting that also decided to convert selected hostels and hotels into quarantine facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/do-not-submit-donations-shelter-homes-ict-admin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ICT admin warns public against making donations in shelter homes (opens in a new tab)\">ICT admin warns public against making donations in shelter homes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, all public and private hospitals will establish isolation wards with necessary equipment and rapid response units in preparation for a quick action against any suspected novel coronavirus cases. Reportedly, police officials are also deputed at all public and private hospitals to deal with any security situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Housing schemes\u2019 launch banned for another two months: ICT (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/housing-schemes-launch-ban-extended-ict.html\" target=\"_blank\">Housing schemes\u2019 launch banned for another two months &#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/housing-schemes-launch-ban-extended-ict.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Housing schemes\u2019 launch banned for another two months: ICT (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Housing schemes\u2019 launch banned for another two months: ICT (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/housing-schemes-launch-ban-extended-ict.html\" target=\"_blank\">ICT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relevant authority would also formulate SOPs for burial\nceremonies of coronavirus victims. The Ministry of Interior also decided to\nreduce the staff strength by 50% and to keep officials over 50 years of age at\nhome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has announced its decision to close all shopping malls, hotels, parks, city zoo and weekly bazaars in the capital city, a news source reported. The decision comes as part of efforts to discourage public gatherings amidst the coronavirus disease outbreak. Read: Metro Bus project &#8211; Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline The decision came on Thursday, during a meeting held to review measures pertaining to prevention of spread of coronavirus disease in the capital. ICT deputy commissioner chaired the meeting that also decided to convert selected hostels and hotels into quarantine facilities. Read: ICT admin warns public against making donations in shelter homes On the other hand, all public and private hospitals will establish isolation wards with necessary equipment and rapid response units in preparation for a quick action against any suspected novel coronavirus cases. Reportedly, police officials are also deputed at all public and private hospitals to deal with any security situation. Read: Housing schemes\u2019 launch banned for another two months &#8211; ICT The relevant authority would also formulate SOPs for burial ceremonies of coronavirus victims. The Ministry of Interior also decided to reduce the staff strength by 50%&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[23657,13248,2148,23665],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-details-on-islamabad-to-close-down-malls","9":"tag-hotels","10":"tag-parks","11":"tag-weekly-bazaars","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamabad to close down malls, hotels, parks, weekly bazaars - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ICT Administration has announced its decision to close all shopping malls, hotels, parks, city zoo and weekly bazaars in the capital city.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-close-down-malls-hotels-parks-weekly-bazaars.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islamabad to close down malls, hotels, parks, weekly bazaars - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ICT Administration has announced its decision to close all shopping malls, hotels, parks, city zoo and weekly bazaars in the capital city.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-close-down-malls-hotels-parks-weekly-bazaars.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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