CM asks officials to provide plan laying out SOPs for resumption of transport

LAHORE (92 News) – After easing the lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar on Friday asked the officials to provide a plan laying out the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), after a meeting with transporters. According to the reports, the Punjab chief minister has issued directives for working out SOPs so that public transport be opened to facilitate the common man. The meeting will be presided over by provincial Law Minister Raja Basharat, and will take place around 3pm. After the session, the provincial government will apprise the Centre about the SOPs and its measures regarding the decision to allow public transport to operate, said sources. According to sources, the transport will be both intra-city and inter-city. A report earlier presented to the CM Punjab stated that due to the lockdown and curbs on public transport, the problems of the common people intensified.