Committees formed to overlook SOPs enforcement: NCOC
Pakistan
Tue, May 04, 2021
Chairman National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) Asad Umer (left) can be seen during a session at the NCOC in Islamabad. NCOC/File
Monitoring teams have been formed at federal, provincial, and district levels to ensure the implementation of coronavirus SOPs from May 8-16, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said Tuesday.
The NCOC, in a statement, said the development came during a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and co-chaired by National Coordinator Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan was also present at the meeting.
NCOC directs to issue Eid holidays’ lockdown guidelines
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The forum was briefed about the existing SOPs of inbound and outbound passengers
ISLAMABAD (APP): The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday directed to issue comprehensive guidelines for lockdown to be imposed during Eid holidays in order to contain virus disease spread.
The session was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and co-chaired by National Coordinator Lieutenant General Hamood Uz Zaman Khan.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan also participated in the session whereas the provincial chief secretaries joined the conference via video link.
Coronavirus in Pakistan: NCOC to review SOP compliance at Cambridge exam centres, says Shafqat Mehmood
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Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood.
ISLAMABAD: Amid strong calls from the students to cancel the ongoing Cambridge exams, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) will review the COVID-19 SOP compliance at the exam centres in a special session today, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood said on Tuesday
The Cambridge examinations started on Monday across Pakistan after courts dismissed all the legal challenges against the exams.
The minister said that the permission to hold the exam was conditional on strict SOP observance.
No exams until June 15 due to rising coronavirus cases: Shafqat Mehmood
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan. Photo: Screengrab via Geo News.
Govt, in the light of NCOC s suggestion, has decided to cancel all exams until June 15.
Minister Shafqat Mehmood says O and A level students will be able to appear in their exams in the October/ November session.
An exception applies to A2 students who must take the exams right now following strict coronavirus SOPs, says the minister.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Tuesday announced that as per the suggestion of the National Command and Operation Centre, all board exams have been postponed till June 15 given the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.
Shafqat Mehmood says NCOC to discuss ‘poor’ SOP compliance outside Cambridge exams centres
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Shafqat Mehmood says a special NCOC session would review SOP compliance and COVID-19 spread today.
Says it is obvious that outside the exam centres the compliance is poor.
Cambridge exams are being held across Pakistan amid calls for their cancellation due to corona spread.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday said that the compliance of coronavirus SOPs outside Cambridge exam centres was poor and will be discussed in a special session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) today.