Except for specific areas, everything will be opened under SOPs. Notification has been issued

On the one hand, deaths from Corona are on the rise, on the other hand, there is poverty, unemployment and a weak economy.

In such a situation, a meeting of the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan was held at the Prime Minister's House to consider the government's decision to further relax the lockdown.

The meeting was attended by the Chief Ministers of the four provinces and concerned provincial officials through video link. The meeting reviewed all the options including maintaining lockdown or not.

According to sources, the government has decided to maintain the current situation of lockdown. It was decided in the meeting that there will be complete lockdown on Saturday and Sunday. Business and transport will run according to the pre-determined rules. The number has been increased from 30 to 40

In a media briefing after the meeting, PM Imran Khan said that Corona is not going anywhere, people should be careful otherwise it will be to their own detriment, lockdown is not a cure for Corona virus but a way to stop its spread. The spread of corona can also be reduced by following SOPs and adopting social distance.

The Prime Minister said that he has decided to open everything except SOPs except for specific sectors but appealed to the people not to think that the lockdown is over and start living as before, on SOPs. Do so, otherwise curfews will have to be imposed in the most affected areas and then businesses in those areas will be destroyed.

"The more people are careful, the more they follow SOPs, the better we will be able to deal with this crisis and the less burden we will place on our doctors and healthcare staff," he said.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that at least this year we will have to deal with the virus, the rich countries also decided to open the lockdown, had already said that the Corona virus will spread, our administration and the police is under a lot of pressure, Some sectors will remain closed while others are reopening.

He said that the details of the sectors which were not to be opened would be made public soon.