{"id":64074,"date":"2020-04-15T10:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64074"},"modified":"2020-04-20T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T05:38:28","slug":"covid-19-relief-govt-to-reopen-low-risk-industries-ban-on-public-gatherings-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-govt-to-reopen-low-risk-industries-ban-on-public-gatherings-extended.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to reopen low-risk industries; extend lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, while addressing the nation on Tuesday (April 14), announced a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"two-week extension (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/federal-cabinet-approves-two-week-extension-coronavirus-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\">two-week extension<\/a> to the ongoing countrywide lockdown; in addition to allowing for the reopening of several low-risk industries, according to news sources. The ban on public assemblies and educational institutes, however, will remain in effect for the time being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-acknowledges-pakistans-response-amid-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response in preventing coronavirus spread (opens in a new tab)\">IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response in preventing coronavirus spread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nexpressed gratitude for the nation for respecting the restrictions ensued by\nthe lockdown and added that the prevailing coronavirus spread is 30% of the\nestimated number of the cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nhe went on to say that people shouldn\u2019t ignore the risk and continue expressing\nextreme caution. Khan further revealed that the government will announce an\nincentive (stimulus) package for the construction industry to be promulgated\nthrough ordinance today. He called it \u2018the greatest incentive package of its\nkind in Pakistan\u2019s history\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the opening of the construction sector, the premiere quoted Moody\u2019s research that declares construction as one of the low-risk and high paying sector. Khan said there is a 98% consensus on which industries are to open however, he added, the provinces have their rights to further delay or resume industries based on their ground realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-sector-relief-package-withholding-tax-on-building-materials-abolished-stamp-duty-reduced.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Construction sector relief package: Withholding tax on building materials abolished, stamp duty reduced (opens in a new tab)\">Construction sector relief package: Withholding tax on building materials abolished, stamp duty reduced<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Minister of Industries and Production<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/forum\/discussions\/projects_and_developments\/low_risk_industries_to_resume_operation__the_opening_of_construction_sites-33146.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Hammad Azahar (opens in a new tab)\"> Hammad Azahar<\/a> announced a list of low-risk industries that are to resume under the international standards of World Health Organisation (WHO)-endorsed coronavirus prevention Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The minister said that supply chains have remained operational for industries producing daily essentials like fuel, banking, relief, agriculture, pharma. Ongoing developing situation to be reviewed accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The low-risk industries, allowed to reopen, are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chemical manufacturing <\/li><li>E-commerce for export, e-commerce for local delivers\nof essentials <\/li><li>Software and programming firms <\/li><li>Paper, stationery and packaging industries<\/li><li>Firms that operate with on-premise labourer<\/li><li>Cement industry<\/li><li>Fertilizer industry<\/li><li>Mines and minerals<\/li><li>Laundry and dry cleaners <\/li><li>Nurseries (Horticulture)<\/li><li>Agricultural equipment manufacturing industries<\/li><li>Glass manufacturing <\/li><li>Veterinary <\/li><li>Book shops, stationeries<\/li><li>All export industries \u2013 subjected\nto confirmation of order from the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan\n(TDAP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Azhar further said that the government will resume the construction sector in phases \u2013 in the initial level, the industries being reopened include brick kilns, stone crushers, pre-fabrication materials preparing units.<\/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>Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah, while commenting on the province&#8217;s ongoing lockdown situation (further extended till April 30) during a press briefing today, provided a tentative assessment that the construction work within the province will probably only be allowed till the gray structure finalisation stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, while addressing the nation on Tuesday (April 14), announced a two-week extension to the ongoing countrywide lockdown; in addition to allowing for the reopening of several low-risk industries, according to news sources. The ban on public assemblies and educational institutes, however, will remain in effect for the time being. Read: IMF acknowledges Pakistan\u2019s response in preventing coronavirus spread He expressed gratitude for the nation for respecting the restrictions ensued by the lockdown and added that the prevailing coronavirus spread is 30% of the estimated number of the cases. However, he went on to say that people shouldn\u2019t ignore the risk and continue expressing extreme caution. Khan further revealed that the government will announce an incentive (stimulus) package for the construction industry to be promulgated through ordinance today. He called it \u2018the greatest incentive package of its kind in Pakistan\u2019s history\u2019. Regarding the opening of the construction sector, the premiere quoted Moody\u2019s research that declares construction as one of the low-risk and high paying sector. Khan said there is a 98% consensus on which industries are to open however, he added, the provinces have their rights to further delay or resume industries based on their&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":[15012],"tags":[26228,26227,15023],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-ban-on-public-gatherings-extended","9":"tag-govt-to-reopen-low-risk-industries","10":"tag-slider","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to reopen low-risk industries; extend lockdown - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, while addressing the nation on Tuesday (April 14), announced a two-week extension to the ongoing countrywide lockdown\" \/>\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\/covid-19-relief-govt-to-reopen-low-risk-industries-ban-on-public-gatherings-extended.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to reopen low-risk industries; 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