Pak traders defy govt s COVID-19 rules, vow to keep businesses open till Eid ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 05:48 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Defying the government s orders amid a third COVID-19 wave, the All Pakistan Traders Association on Friday announced that it would ban all commercial activities starting tomorrow until chand raat - the day before Eid-ul-Fitr.
All markets and businesses will operate across the country, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to All Pakistan Traders Association President Ajmal Baloch. We should be allowed to operate businesses 24 hours as the Saudi government did, said Baloch, adding that the Pakistan government should not tell traders to shut down businesses if it cannot provide relief to the business community.
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Almost two weeks after a senior Pakistani official confirmed the existence of backchannel talks between Pakistan and India, fresh information suggests this quiet process is now situated at a delicate point and could go either way depending on the response from New Delhi.
A national debate was generated by a story published in
Dawn newspaper on April 25 headlined
Indian offer led to ‘quiet’ talks on all major issues that detailed a deliberate effort by the two South Asian rivals to engage in secret talks aimed at reducing tension and initiating an effort to resolve outstanding disputes.
While the debate raged over whether discussing a possible resolution of the Kashmir issue with India was a prudent policy at this time, some key nuances were overlooked. One reason for this was the direction that the debate took as it veered off from the contents of the original story and began to fuel itself from various other interpretations of what the senior offic
Notices regarding the lockdowns were also issued by the administration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and PoK.
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Women get information from police officers about the closure of a market in a restricted area that sealed off to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore. (Photo | AP) By PTI
LAHORE: The administrations of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have announced to enforce a complete lockdown in their respective regions from May 8 to 15 to contain the spread of coronavirus during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Pakistan, a media report said on Thursday.
The announcements come as the country continues to witness a tremendous surge in the number of the coronavirus despite the measures being taken by the government, the Express Tribune reported.
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Police officers patrol a market during Covid-19 lockdown in Pakistan’s Peshawar.
The administrations of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have announced to enforce a complete lockdown in their respective regions from May 8 to 15 to contain the spread of coronavirus during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Pakistan, a media report said on Thursday.
The announcements come as the country continues to witness a tremendous surge in the number of the coronavirus despite the measures being taken by the government, the Express Tribune reported. The public transport, tourist destinations, parks, business and shopping malls and markets will remain closed during the eight-day lockdown, Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid said.