Lockdown extended in  Balochistan till 16th June
Lockdown extended in Balochistan till 16th June
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QUETTA: The Balochistan government has extended the lockdown imposed across the province until 16th June.

The order was issued by the provincial home department on Monday. The decision was taking in view of the increasing number of the locally transmission coronavirus cases in the province.
The department said that the disease may cause “devastating consequences, illness and deaths”.
According to a notification issued by the government, All shopping malls, markets, shops/ stores outlets may function from 9AM to 7PM for six days of week Saturday to Thursday. Friday will be holiday for business community and all minor & major business components will remain closed on Friday. all public gatherings, inter-city and inter-province travel and religious gatherings will remain banned. Strict action will be taken against violators, it added.
The notification further said that there were sufficient grounds to proceed under section 144 of “The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898”, as an immediate preventive and speedy remedy to ensure public safety, conserve lives and maintain peace and tranquillity in Balochistan.
“It is mandatory to take all pragmatic and possible measures to contain and counter the further spread of coronavirus on war footings,” the notification said.