{"id":63388,"date":"2020-03-30T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63388"},"modified":"2020-03-30T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T10:13:00","slug":"govt-allows-10-industries-to-continue-operation-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-allows-10-industries-to-continue-operation-amid-covid-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt allows 10 industries to continue operations amid COVID-19 pandemic; list shared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"provincial and federal governing bodies  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/centre-provinces-to-seal-areas-with-new-covid-19-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\">provincial and federal governing bodies <\/a>on Saturday identified the 10 industries that needed to be kept operational to maintain the supply of essential items around the country \u2014 with the move coming in light of the recent countrywide lockdown being enforced to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/four-ration-warehouses-provide-food-essentials-needy-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Four ration warehouses to provide food essentials to needy in Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">Four ration warehouses to provide food essentials to needy in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\napproval in this regard was provided during a virtual meeting between the government\u2019s\neconomic team and all relevant industry stakeholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Adviser to Prime Minister on Industries Abdul Razak Dawood stated that in order to keep the economy running, there was a need to follow certain guidelines across the country; especially<strong> <\/strong>amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the meeting agreed to allow various industries to remain operational. The list includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Food <\/li><li>Pharmaceuticals\/ surgical manufacturers <\/li><li>Packaging<\/li><li>Rice<\/li><li>Call Centres<\/li><li>Exporters<\/li><li>Essential Chemical<\/li><li>Liquefied natural gas (LNG) <\/li><li>Refineries <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-pak-mulls-inviting-donations-from-overseas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow (opens in a new tab)\">Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advisor\nDawood further revealed that the meeting also agreed to provide needed support\nto the packaging and edible manufacturing sector to maintain a continuous\nsupply of food items around the country on stabilised rates. Similarly, support\nis also expected to be offered to the pharma and medical industries to ensure that\nthe supply of medicine and surgical equipment can continue uninterrupted, he\nadded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Razak\nDawood also said that extending support to business process outsourcing (BPOs)\nfirms and call centres in the country was another one of the government\u2019s\npriorities during the current lockdown. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The provincial and federal governing bodies on Saturday identified the 10 industries that needed to be kept operational to maintain the supply of essential items around the country \u2014 with the move coming in light of the recent countrywide lockdown being enforced to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to news sources. Read: Four ration warehouses to provide food essentials to needy in Islamabad The approval in this regard was provided during a virtual meeting between the government\u2019s economic team and all relevant industry stakeholders. The Adviser to Prime Minister on Industries Abdul Razak Dawood stated that in order to keep the economy running, there was a need to follow certain guidelines across the country; especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the meeting agreed to allow various industries to remain operational. The list includes: Food Pharmaceuticals\/ surgical manufacturers Packaging Rice Call Centres Exporters Essential Chemical Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Refineries Read: Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow Advisor Dawood further revealed that the meeting also agreed to provide needed support to the packaging and edible manufacturing sector to maintain a continuous supply of food items around the country on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24594],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-govt-allows-10-industries-to-continue-operations-amid-covid-19-pandemic"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt allows 10 industries to continue operation amid COVID-19- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The provincial and federal governing bodies on Saturday identified the 10 major industries that needed to be kept operational to maintain the supply of essential\" \/>\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\/govt-allows-10-industries-to-continue-operation-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt allows 10 industries to continue operation amid COVID-19- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The provincial and federal governing bodies on Saturday identified the 10 major industries that needed to be kept operational to maintain the supply of essential\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-allows-10-industries-to-continue-operation-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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