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Pakistan Army arrived to fight with Corona Virus !!
ISLAMABAD: The Govt. on Monday called within the Pakistan Army troops to assist curb the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country.
The military would be deployed throughout the country because the coronavirus cases surpassed 850 and 6 deaths were reported.
"The Competent Authority, in the exercise of the powers conferred under Article 245 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Section I31-A of CrPC is pleased to authorize the deployment of sufficient strength of troops of Pakistan Army in Punjab province depending upon the need to be figured out by the provincial government in liaison with the military authorities in reference to the prevailing situation associated with the spread of COVID-19 and matters ancillary thereto, subject to laws enforced in Pakistan," read the notification for Punjab.
Similar notifications were issued for Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The notification comes at a time when the amount of affected cases within the country have soared past 800 and 6 people have succumbed to the infection in Pakistan.
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The lockdown in Sindh was imposed for 15 days.
In Punjab, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar ordered the closure of all unnecessary shops and banned pillion riding. Section 144 was also imposed within the province to continue for 14 days.
Buzdar said grocery stores, fruit markets, bakeries, and meat shops wouldn't be subject to the lockdown's conditions. However, he clarified that the province wasn't undergoing a lockdown neither a curfew.
"I want to form it clear to you that this is often neither a curfew nor a lockdown situation," he said. "We are bringing a touch changing [in the situation]," he added.
The chief minister announced that each one non-essential shops and services would remain closed because the Punjab government took precautionary measures to make sure the virus doesn't spread.
