Minister suggests to provinces to curtail intercity movement

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As the novel coronavirus cases surged to 13,947 with Sindh Governor Imran Ismael contracting the infection, Interior Minister retired Brig Ijaz Shah has suggested to provincial governments to curtail intercity movement on weekends and educate traders to observe the government guidelines and play their role in containing the spread of the deadly virus.

Brig Shah gave these suggestions to the provinces during a meeting at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19.

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