{"id":63342,"date":"2020-03-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63342"},"modified":"2020-03-27T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:59:45","slug":"covid-19-pakistan-shuts-down-motorways-general-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-pakistan-shuts-down-motorways-general-traffic.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Pakistan shuts down motorways for general traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Motorway Police has announced closure of all motorways across Pakistan for general traffic, a news source reported. The announcement comes as part of measures taken for controlling the spread of the coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-btk-launches-sanitation-drive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: BTK launches sanitation drive (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: BTK launches sanitation drive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authority states that they have banned all kinds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ict-admin-bans-public-transport.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"public transport (opens in a new tab)\">public transport<\/a> on the motorway routes. However, they have provided a few exceptions for private vehicles in which there were no more than two people. The police officials added that as per policy, even these vehicles would have to provide a satisfactory unavoidable reason for their journey. They revealed that currently only fuel tankers and vehicles transporting essential items were allowed to travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/zameen.com\/news\/govt-forms-scientific-task-force-prepare-covid19-vaccine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt forms scientific task force to prepare COVID-19 vaccine (opens in a new tab)\">Govt forms scientific task force to prepare COVID-19 vaccine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid the ongoing breakout of the coronavirus infection across the globe, the\nPakistani government has taken a number of strict measures to control the virus\nfrom spreading. These measures include limiting public movement within cities\nand domestic travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Motorway Police has announced closure of all motorways across Pakistan for general traffic, a news source reported. The announcement comes as part of measures taken for controlling the spread of the coronavirus infection. Read: COVID-19: BTK launches sanitation drive The authority states that they have banned all kinds of public transport on the motorway routes. However, they have provided a few exceptions for private vehicles in which there were no more than two people. The police officials added that as per policy, even these vehicles would have to provide a satisfactory unavoidable reason for their journey. They revealed that currently only fuel tankers and vehicles transporting essential items were allowed to travel. Read: Govt forms scientific task force to prepare COVID-19 vaccine Amid the ongoing breakout of the coronavirus infection across the globe, the Pakistani government has taken a number of strict measures to control the virus from spreading. 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