National Coordination Committee (NCC) session to deliberate over strategies declined Sindh government proposal regarding imposing a lockdown on mosques across the country amid a national Covid cases surge.
In the meeting of NCC chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the sources said that Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazl Pechuhu laid out suggestions amongst which one was to close down mosques due to an alarming rise in the Covid-19 cases.
“A proposal to shut down mosques should be considered as well,” Pechuhu reportedly said which the local new channel ARY ran on their website.
However, the NCC members turned down the proposal saying they had already rolled out SOPs for the mosque-goers and thus worship places should not be closed down.
“Masses should now implement upon the COVID-19 SOPs in the mosques,” the federal government’s representatives said during the meeting.
Detailing the decisions taken during the NCC meeting earlier in the day, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that the Centre has decided to ban all indoor restaurants due to a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases.
Addressing a presser alongside PM’s aide on health Dr. Faisal Sultan, he said, “Covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing and the government has decided to ban all indoor restaurants across the country”.
The planning minister said that the National Coordination Committee (NCC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan here in Islamabad has approved recommendations that were laid down by the state’s education minister regarding the closure of all educational institutions across the country from November 26.
“Decision to close schools was not easy one but lives of children are more important,” said Asad Umar and added that govt working on a mechanism for education to move it uninterrupted.
The planning minister added that schools would reopen after winter vacations on January 11 by monitoring the Covid-19 situation
