Peshawar: Five banquet halls managers arrested for violation of SOPs

Dunya News

Fine was also imposed on 109 individuals at stations of BRT for not wearing a face mask.

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – District administration has conducted operation against businesses for violating coronavirus related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

As per details, local authorities have arrested five managers of marriage halls while 25 shopkeepers were also caught for flouting the guidelines issues by the government.

Fine was also imposed on 109 individuals at stations of BRT for not wearing a face mask.

It is pertinent to mention here that situation of the coronavirus is worrisome as the country has reported highest cases since July 2020.

Pakistan has reported 67 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 649,824. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 14,158 on Saturday.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 264,355 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 210,095 in Punjab 83,630 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 55,056 in Islamabad, 19,453 in Balochistan, 12,245 in Azad Kashmir and 4,990 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Furthermore 6,190 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,487 in Sindh, 2,274 in KP, 557 in Islamabad, 342 in Azad Kashmir, 205 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.