Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said there will be a complete ban on all public movement and activities in Sindh from 12pm to 3pm on Fridays.

A notification to this effect was issued by the home department on Thursday evening.

The movement and activities will resume between 3:30pm to 6:30pm, he said. He added, however, that the normal lockdown timings will continue for all other days of the week.

Earlier, the CM House spokesperson had denied that the provincial government had taken any such move, saying no additional measures had been put in for Fridays.

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