{"id":64378,"date":"2020-04-21T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64378"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:53:49","slug":"lockdown-extended-in-balochistan-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lockdown-extended-in-balochistan-amid-covid-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown extended in Balochistan amid rise in COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quetta: The Balochistan government has announced its decision to extend the lockdown period till May 5 in the wake of an increasing number of coronavirus cases within the province, according to news sources. This extension was announced by the Balochistan Home Department through an official notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ehsaas-cash-relief-program-to-help-over-50000-families-in-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ehsaas Cash Relief Program to help over 50,000 families in Balochistan (opens in a new tab)\">Ehsaas Cash Relief Program to help over 50,000 families in Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the provincial executive has allowed small traders (shops and industries) to continue with their daily business activity by following the standard operating procedures (SOPs) \u2013 recently issued by the government to contain the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-govt-receives-housing-units-rubb-halls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\"> COVID-19<\/a> spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/eu-to-fund-potable-water-projects-in-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EU to fund potable water projects in Balochistan (opens in a new tab)\">EU to fund potable water projects in Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this effect, the government has stated that SOP\nviolators would face legal action. Previously, the government had sealed three\nshopping centres and 200 shops in Quetta for violating official directives and\narrested 56 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, according to the Chief Minister Balochistan\nJam Kamal Khan\u2019s official Twitter account, the provincial death tally has\nreached six and there are 298 active cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta: The Balochistan government has announced its decision to extend the lockdown period till May 5 in the wake of an increasing number of coronavirus cases within the province, according to news sources. This extension was announced by the Balochistan Home Department through an official notification. Read: Ehsaas Cash Relief Program to help over 50,000 families in Balochistan However, the provincial executive has allowed small traders (shops and industries) to continue with their daily business activity by following the standard operating procedures (SOPs) \u2013 recently issued by the government to contain the COVID-19 spread. Read: EU to fund potable water projects in Balochistan To this effect, the government has stated that SOP violators would face legal action. Previously, the government had sealed three shopping centres and 200 shops in Quetta for violating official directives and arrested 56 people. Moreover, according to the Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan\u2019s official Twitter account, the provincial death tally has reached six and there are 298 active cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26833,26832],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-chief-minister-balochistan-jam-kamal-khan","8":"tag-lockdown-extended-in-balochistan-amid-increase-in-covid-19-cases"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lockdown extended in Balochistan amid COVID-19 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Balochistan government has announced its decision to extend the lockdown period till May 5 in the wake of an increasing number of coronavirus cases\" \/>\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\/lockdown-extended-in-balochistan-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=\"Lockdown extended in Balochistan amid COVID-19 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Balochistan government has announced its decision to extend the lockdown period till May 5 in the wake of an increasing number of coronavirus cases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lockdown-extended-in-balochistan-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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