‘Business activities to continue till May 31 as per notified timings’

Business activities all over Sindh will continue till May 31 as per the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, said Minister for Information Syed Nasir Shah in a statement issued here on Thursday.

The federal government, in consultation with all the provincial governments, has imposed a lockdown till May 31. The Supreme Court, hearing a suo motu case (No. 01 of 2020) on May 18 had given directions that the business activities would continue to operate on all days till May 31.

The National Coordination Committee is scheduled to meet under the prime minister within the next two days to decide on what to do regarding the lockdown. Therefore, till May 31, the business activities would continue to operate as usual as per the timings ordered by the Sindh government through a home department's notification.