{"id":65509,"date":"2020-05-15T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65509"},"modified":"2020-05-15T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:37:31","slug":"punjab-implements-3-day-complete-lockdown-starting-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-implements-3-day-complete-lockdown-starting-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab implements 3-day &#8216;complete&#8217; lockdown starting today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab has implemented a 3-day complete lockdown starting today (Friday) till Sunday night; following the reopening of various businesses amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/special-real-estate-investment-scheme-on-cards-for-overseas-pakistanis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special real estate investment scheme on cards for overseas Pakistanis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the major cities of the province witnessed violations in the government\u2019s standard operating procedures (SOPs) due to an unusual rush of crowds in the market. The National Coordination Committee (NCC) had permitted the limited reopening of businesses after deciding to ease the lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-wb-provide-usd-4bn-budget-support-pakistan-covid-19-spread.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADB, WB to provide USD 4bn in budget support to Pakistan amid COVID-19 spread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the government had allowed reopening of low-risk sectors and industries, including mining, fertilizers, construction, glass manufacturing, e-commerce, chemical manufacturing, and others to generate economic activity in the country. It was informed that the provincial government has decided to implement the lockdown strictly and is taking steps against those violating the SOPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-launches-pilot-phase-pakistan-covid-19-urban-slums-response-programme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt launches pilot phase of \u2018Pakistan COVID-19 Urban Slums Response Programme\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial Law Minister Raja Basharat highlighted that the SOPs were violated during the eased lockdown and these could potentially accelerate the numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shops-in-anarkali-sealed-for-violating-covid-19-sops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> patients. The minister said that the government will strictly implement the lockdown for 3 days. However, it was informed that pharmacies and grocery stores would be allowed to operate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab has implemented a 3-day complete lockdown starting today (Friday) till Sunday night; following the reopening of various businesses amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. Read: Special real estate investment scheme on cards for overseas Pakistanis All the major cities of the province witnessed violations in the government\u2019s standard operating procedures (SOPs) due to an unusual rush of crowds in the market. The National Coordination Committee (NCC) had permitted the limited reopening of businesses after deciding to ease the lockdown. Read: ADB, WB to provide USD 4bn in budget support to Pakistan amid COVID-19 spread Previously, the government had allowed reopening of low-risk sectors and industries, including mining, fertilizers, construction, glass manufacturing, e-commerce, chemical manufacturing, and others to generate economic activity in the country. It was informed that the provincial government has decided to implement the lockdown strictly and is taking steps against those violating the SOPs. Read: Govt launches pilot phase of \u2018Pakistan COVID-19 Urban Slums Response Programme\u2019 Provincial Law Minister Raja Basharat highlighted that the SOPs were violated during the eased lockdown and these could potentially accelerate the numbers of COVID-19 patients. The minister said that the government will strictly implement&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":[1157,24899],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-government-of-punjab","8":"tag-national-coordination-committee-ncc"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab 3-day &#039;complete&#039; lockdown starting today - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Government of Punjab has implemented a 3-day complete lockdown starting today (Friday) till Sunday night; following the reopening\" \/>\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-implements-3-day-complete-lockdown-starting-today.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab 3-day &#039;complete&#039; 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