{"id":64025,"date":"2020-04-14T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64025"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:16:25","slug":"punjab-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that the provincial government was deliberating extending the ongoing lockdown situation for another week to contain the coronavirus spread, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-cases-lahores-samanabad-dha-parts-cantt-other-areas-sealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 Cases: Lahore\u2019s Samanabad, DHA, parts of Cantt and other areas sealed (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 Cases: Lahore\u2019s Samanabad, DHA, parts of Cantt and other areas sealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the minister said that strict measures would be imposed in the coming days; adding that the provincial executive has directed the authorities concerned to ensure the implementation of Section 144 in letter and spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-measures-11-ucs-sealed-karachis-district-east.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 Measures: 11 UCs sealed in Karachi\u2019s District East (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 Measures: 11 UCs sealed in Karachi\u2019s District East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at least 13 localities of Lahore including the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Bahria Town have been partially\/completely sealed since Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/notable-figures-firms-donate-to-covid-19-relief-fund.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Notable figures, firms make generous donations to PM\u2019s COVID-19 Relief Fund (opens in a new tab)\">Notable figures, firms make generous donations to PM\u2019s COVID-19 Relief Fund<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the National Coordination Committee (NCC) had decided to extend the country-wide lockdown till April 14. However, the transportation of food items and operations of medicine stores were exempted from lockdown obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-islamabad-based-art-gallery-auctions-pieces-to-generate-charity-funds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 Relief: Islamabad-based art gallery auctions pieces to generate charity funds (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 Relief: Islamabad-based art gallery auctions pieces to generate charity funds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan last week said that ease in the lockdown after April 14 would be decided in consultation with the provincial governments. The Sindh government has already urged the federal government to extend the lockdown and implement stricter measures as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-punjab-launches-mist-queen-vehicle-service-antiseptic-spray-drive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19  (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 <\/a>cases keep witnessing an increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that the provincial government was deliberating extending the ongoing lockdown situation for another week to contain the coronavirus spread, a news source reported. Read: COVID-19 Cases: Lahore\u2019s Samanabad, DHA, parts of Cantt and other areas sealed As per the publication, the minister said that strict measures would be imposed in the coming days; adding that the provincial executive has directed the authorities concerned to ensure the implementation of Section 144 in letter and spirit. Read: COVID-19 Measures: 11 UCs sealed in Karachi\u2019s District East Meanwhile, at least 13 localities of Lahore including the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Bahria Town have been partially\/completely sealed since Saturday. Read: Notable figures, firms make generous donations to PM\u2019s COVID-19 Relief Fund Previously, the National Coordination Committee (NCC) had decided to extend the country-wide lockdown till April 14. However, the transportation of food items and operations of medicine stores were exempted from lockdown obligations. Read: COVID-19 Relief: Islamabad-based art gallery auctions pieces to generate charity funds Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan last week said that ease in the lockdown after April 14 would be decided in consultation with the provincial governments. The Sindh government&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24899,26131],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-national-coordination-committee-ncc","8":"tag-punjab-information-minister-fayyazul-hassan-chohan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that the provincial government was deliberating extending the ongoing\" \/>\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-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab considers extending lockdown for another week - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that the provincial government was deliberating extending the ongoing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-considers-extending-lockdown-for-another-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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