{"id":63789,"date":"2020-04-08T12:19:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63789"},"modified":"2020-04-08T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T07:19:25","slug":"sc-directs-govt-set-up-quarantine-centres-torkham-taftan-chaman-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-directs-govt-set-up-quarantine-centres-torkham-taftan-chaman-borders.html","title":{"rendered":"SC directs govt to set up quarantine centres at Torkham, Taftan, Chaman borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the government to set up quarantine centres at the Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman borders, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-sindh-seeks-sops-industries-scheduled-resume-operations-from-april-14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CM Sindh seeks SOPs for industries scheduled to resume operations from April 14 (opens in a new tab)\">CM Sindh seeks SOPs for industries scheduled to resume operations from April 14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed chaired a five-member bench and heard a petition against the federal high court\u2019s order to release 408 prisoners in the wake of the novel coronavirus on March 20. The SC said that the entry points to Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman needed to be plugged in order to stem the flow of additional COVID-19 patients from entering the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/citizens-donate-pkr-3-bn-sindhs-corona-emergency-relief-fund.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Citizens donate PKR 3 bn to Sindh\u2019s Corona Emergency Relief Fund (opens in a new tab)\">Citizens donate PKR 3 bn to Sindh\u2019s Corona Emergency Relief Fund<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-seeks-govts-response-privatisation-psm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The apex court (opens in a new tab)\">The apex court<\/a> directed that each quarantine centre should have enough facilities to lodge 1,000 individuals, including proper drainage, single occupancy, hygienic toilets, water supply, and medical centres. CJ Gulzar further ordered that the quarantine centres must be made functional within a month, while the SC also stressed the need for legislation regarding the steps taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/province-wide-disinfection-launched-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 pandemic: Province-wide disinfection spray campaign launched in Sindh (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 pandemic: Province-wide disinfection spray campaign launched in Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apex\ncourt also directed the government officials to formulate a proposal to\ninitiate the local manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE), as it\nbelieved that the country had both the resources and facilities to do so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the government to set up quarantine centres at the Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman borders, a news source reported. Read: CM Sindh seeks SOPs for industries scheduled to resume operations from April 14 As per the publication, Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed chaired a five-member bench and heard a petition against the federal high court\u2019s order to release 408 prisoners in the wake of the novel coronavirus on March 20. The SC said that the entry points to Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman needed to be plugged in order to stem the flow of additional COVID-19 patients from entering the country. Read: Citizens donate PKR 3 bn to Sindh\u2019s Corona Emergency Relief Fund The apex court directed that each quarantine centre should have enough facilities to lodge 1,000 individuals, including proper drainage, single occupancy, hygienic toilets, water supply, and medical centres. CJ Gulzar further ordered that the quarantine centres must be made functional within a month, while the SC also stressed the need for legislation regarding the steps taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Read: COVID-19 pandemic: Province-wide disinfection spray campaign launched in Sindh The apex court also directed the government&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,15015,15020],"tags":[25546,25082,24566,19084,25545],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-legal-taxation","9":"category-social-developments","10":"tag-chief-justice-cj-gulzar-ahmed","11":"tag-covid-19-patients","12":"tag-quarantine-centres","13":"tag-supreme-court-sc","14":"tag-torkham-taftan-chaman","15":"cat-15013-id","16":"cat-15015-id","17":"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>SC quarantine centres Torkham, Taftan, Chaman borders - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the government to set up quarantine centres at the Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman borders\" \/>\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\/sc-directs-govt-set-up-quarantine-centres-torkham-taftan-chaman-borders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SC quarantine centres Torkham, Taftan, Chaman borders - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the government to set up quarantine centres at the Torkham, Taftan, and Chaman borders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-directs-govt-set-up-quarantine-centres-torkham-taftan-chaman-borders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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