KP shuts down malls over SOPs violation, Punjab to take action today

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Several shopping centres have been sealed in Peshawar and different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) devised to curb the spread of coronavirus.

In Upper Dir and Shangla, the administration sealed the general bus stands for not following SOPs set by the government.

Punjab government, too, has decided to come out of its awareness-creating mode and put its foot down to ensure implementation of SOPs in Lahore – to begin with.

“The government will go for closing shops, even bazaars and markets, where non-observance of SOPs is found,” an official said.

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