Islamabad: Several businessmen and investors have been arrested for violating Punjab government’s orders to block days in the province, starting Tuesday, August 5.
The provincial government said the measure was taken to control the spread of the COVID-19 on the Eid Al Adha holiday. However, this has caused anger and anxiety among traders.
On the first day of the lockdown, police arrested a large number of investors and investors in all major cities in the province, adding Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Sialkot and Dera Ghazi Khan as they tried to open stories. and do business as usual.
In Lahore, Faisalabad and Khhang, police faced hotel-to-baton charges as investors resisted the closure of their businesses, saying they faced losses due to the three-month closure and limited schedule of activities. The most recent land lockdown decision, they said, would be disastrous for their already moribund businesses and would oppose any forced closure of their business.
After the arrest of their colleagues, investors in Faisalabad staged a protest rally at the city’s famous clock tower and organized a sit-in opposed to the state’s coercive measures.
Also in Rawalpindi, several buyers have invaded the markets, causing traffic jams at the main crossings of Murree Road and Raja Bazaar.
The traders rejected the government’s resolution and announced that they would close their shutters.
Pakistan recorded fewer than 1,000 coronavirus (936) and 23 deaths in 24 hours on Tuesday. With these figures, the country recorded a total of 272,946 contagions and 5,865 deaths, with 26,924 active.
The total number of instances recovered would be 242,436. In the past 24 hours, 19,610 tests have been conducted nationwide, bringing the total number of tests in Pakistan to date to 1,909,846. According to the National Ministry of Health portal, Pakistan’s cure rate is 88%, while the mortality rate is 2.1%.
The Sindh extended the final time of the farm animal markets up to 4 hours on Tuesday with an official notification.
Previously, those improvised sacrificial animal markets closed at 7 p.m., but now the Sindh government has allowed them to remain open until 11 p.m.
According to the notification, the resolution was made in accordance with the discussions and resolutions of the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC).
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