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Violations of SOPs continue in areas sealed under smart lockdown

Violations of SOPs continue in areas sealed under smart lockdown
June 20, 2020
KARACHI/LAHORE (92 News) – Violations of standard operating procedures (SOPs) are continuing in the areas sealed under the smart lockdown in big cities, including Karachi and Lahore. Though passages have been closed by erecting barricades, but the movements of citizens continued uncontrolled. In some areas, the administration and police disappeared after erecting tents. In Karachi, citizens are neither wearing masks nor maintain social distancing. They are purchasing daily-use items without any hurdle in the sealed areas. Though policemen have been deployed, but they are not stopping them from moving from one place to another. In Lahore, shops and markets are closed in the sealed areas under the smart lockdown in Royal Park, Karim Park, Jallo and Sandah. In Peshawar, a heavy contingent of police has been deployed in the some areas of lockdown, while police and administration have disappeared in some areas. The smarty lockdown is continuing Chinar Road, Hayatabad, Danishabad, Asia UC, Gull Bihar, Shinwari Town, Ashrafia Colony. In Nawabshah, the administration has failed to implement the SOPs. In Burewala, a novel lockdown has been clamped through a banner.