{"id":63538,"date":"2020-04-02T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T11:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63538"},"modified":"2020-04-02T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T11:43:36","slug":"punjab-approves-new-timings-for-grocery-general-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-approves-new-timings-for-grocery-general-stores.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab approves new timings for grocery, general stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Chief Minister (CM) Punjab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-cm-shares-details-insaf-imdad-package-daily-wagers-heres-how-to-apply.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sardar Usman Buzdar (opens in a new tab)\">Sardar Usman Buzdar<\/a> recently approved a new timings schedule applicable to all the general and grocery stores in the province \u2014 with the initiative aimed at preventing further coronavirus spread, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-punjab-waives-pkr-18-bn-taxes-special-packages-expected-daily-wagers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Punjab waives off PKR 18 bn taxes, special packages expected for daily wagers (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: Punjab waives off PKR 18 bn taxes, special packages expected for daily wagers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the newly released schedule, the general stores and grocery stores in\u00a0 the province are to remain open from 9 am to 5 pm \u2014 with the restriction also expected to help control panic buying and hoarding practices. However, the medical stores and pharmacies will not have to abide by these timing restrictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new schedule shall be\nenforced from April 1. Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his recent address, has\nissued a strict warning to hoarders, and those involved in selling commodities\non inflated rates, that strict action will be taken against them. The premiere\nalso applied to philanthropists and welfare organisations to donate generously\nand take daily wagers into account in their initiatives amid the coronavirus disease\nspread. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar recently approved a new timings schedule applicable to all the general and grocery stores in the province \u2014 with the initiative aimed at preventing further coronavirus spread, according to news sources. Read: COVID-19: Punjab waives off PKR 18 bn taxes, special packages expected for daily wagers As per the newly released schedule, the general stores and grocery stores in\u00a0 the province are to remain open from 9 am to 5 pm \u2014 with the restriction also expected to help control panic buying and hoarding practices. However, the medical stores and pharmacies will not have to abide by these timing restrictions. Read: COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy The new schedule shall be enforced from April 1. Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his recent address, has issued a strict warning to hoarders, and those involved in selling commodities on inflated rates, that strict action will be taken against them. The premiere also applied to philanthropists and welfare organisations to donate generously and take daily wagers into account in their initiatives amid the coronavirus disease spread.<\/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":[15020],"tags":[8148,24670,24075,24930,24929],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-cm-punjab","9":"tag-covid-19-outbreak","10":"tag-covid-19-pandemic","11":"tag-general-stores","12":"tag-punjab-approves-new-timings-for-grocery","13":"cat-15020-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 approves new timings for grocery, general stores - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CM Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar recently approved a new timings schedule applicable to all the general and grocery stores in the province\" \/>\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-approves-new-timings-for-grocery-general-stores.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab approves new timings for grocery, general stores - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CM Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar recently approved a new timings schedule applicable to all the general and grocery stores in the province\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-approves-new-timings-for-grocery-general-stores.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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