Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani has said that in view of declining cases in the province, the government has relaxed lockdown timings and allowed businesses to remain open from 9am to 10pm.

He thanked people of the province for cooperating in following the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and said that if they did so, there would be no surge in cases after Eid. He added that if cases continued to decline, the government would consider reopening schools, parks, marriage halls and dine-in services.

Shahwani said that during the past five days, 20 districts of the province have reported zero cases while Quetta has reported 103. "You can see that cases are declining," he said. However, he expressed concern that people had become reluctant to get themselves tested.

"A reduction in cases does not mean you should not get yourselves tested otherwise it will show us false trends," he cautioned.