{"id":63114,"date":"2020-03-24T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63114"},"modified":"2020-03-25T00:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:29:43","slug":"punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure of non-essential services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks for coronavirus prevention, according to news source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, during the next two weeks, all kinds of mass transport, shopping malls, public areas and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"tourist spots (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-closes-tourist-spots.html\" target=\"_blank\">tourist spots<\/a> shall remain closed for the purpose of coronavirus prevention. In addition, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has announced that in the interest of the pubic during COVID-19 pandemic, pillion riding has also been temporarily banned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/system-for-making-wuzu-water-reusable-to-be-introduced-throughout-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"System for making wuzu water reusable to be introduced throughout Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">System for making wuzu water reusable to be introduced throughout Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore,\nhe stated that the factories that were involved in the manufacturing of food\nitems and essentials (including medicine, medical equipment) are exempted from\nthis closure. Also, bakeries, meat shops, fruit market, pharmacies, groceries\nand other outlets providing essentials shall remain operational. Departments\nproviding basic amenities like Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Lahore\nElectric Supply Company (LESCO), telecom services and welfare organizations are\nalso permitted to continue to operate during this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CM Buzdar said that these measures had been taken neither as a lockdown or a curfew, but to help stop the coronavirus disease spread. He further expressed gratitude for the public for abiding by the government\u2019s recent appeals to stay indoors. He also took the opportunity to assure the people that no food shortages were expected for the foreseeable future and that there was no need to hoard any food supplies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks for coronavirus prevention, according to news source. Read: Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation Reportedly, during the next two weeks, all kinds of mass transport, shopping malls, public areas and tourist spots shall remain closed for the purpose of coronavirus prevention. In addition, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has announced that in the interest of the pubic during COVID-19 pandemic, pillion riding has also been temporarily banned. Read: System for making wuzu water reusable to be introduced throughout Punjab Furthermore, he stated that the factories that were involved in the manufacturing of food items and essentials (including medicine, medical equipment) are exempted from this closure. Also, bakeries, meat shops, fruit market, pharmacies, groceries and other outlets providing essentials shall remain operational. Departments providing basic amenities like Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), telecom services and welfare organizations are also permitted to continue to operate during this time. CM Buzdar said that these measures had been taken neither as a lockdown or a curfew, but to help stop the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[23947,23344,23940,23946],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-chief-minister-cm-punjab-sardar-usman-buzdar","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-covid-19","11":"tag-punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure-of-non-essential-services","12":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt announces two-week closure - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks\" \/>\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\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt announces two-week closure - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-24T08:08:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-24T19:29:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure - Zameen News","description":"Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure - Zameen News","og_description":"Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2020-03-24T08:08:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-24T19:29:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Hazafa Hasan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hazafa Hasan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html"},"author":{"name":"Hazafa Hasan","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b"},"headline":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure of non-essential services","datePublished":"2020-03-24T08:08:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T19:29:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html"},"wordCount":259,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png","keywords":["Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar","coronavirus","Covid-19","Punjab govt announces two-week closure of non-essential services"],"articleSection":["New Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html","name":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png","datePublished":"2020-03-24T08:08:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T19:29:43+00:00","description":"Punjab government on Monday notified citizens of the province-wide closure of non-essential services and markets starting today (Tuesday) for two weeks","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Punjab-Govt-.png","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-announces-two-week-closure.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Punjab govt announces two-week closure of non-essential services"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b","name":"Hazafa Hasan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","caption":"Hazafa Hasan"},"description":"Hazafa reveres the art of writing and has been turned into a property enthusiast by profession. Her daily survival kit includes; tea, coffee, keyboard and paperbacks.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/hazafa"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63178,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63114\/revisions\/63178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63114"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=63114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}