Karachi lockdown: Many Arrested over Violations

Karachi Additional Inspector General (AIG) GNM said on Tuesday that the police force have implement the government orders and toughened the lockdown in Karachi in order to contain COVID-19 Pendamic.

AIG Ghulam Nabi Memon announced that many citizen have been arrested over lockdown violation and restriction will be tightened from Wednesday. He made the announcement during his visit to SSU Headquarters.

During the briefing, he said the Police department kept a close eye over movement of Karachi through Citizen Monitoring Apps.

It emerged that more than 27,000 people came out of their homes during lockdown, whereas more than 500 citizens stopped by security officials over violation.

Most of the citizens told policeman that they came out of there houses to purchase grocery or medicines, said DIG Operations, adding that the monitoring apps has also help them tracing out those unnecessarily coming out.

Earlier Chief Minister of Sindh expressed his annoyance over public rush at various roads and shops in the province despite ongoing lockdown due to Pendamic.

He directed the law enforcement agencies to implement the lockdown in the province.

"I want a strict lockdown in place as it happened during the 1st seven days of the shutdown," he said while issuing directives for stricter implementation on closer orders in the province during a consultative meeting of provincial cabinet members.

He said that no one should be allowed to roam freely without any reason.

Murad Ali Shah, said that the Corona Virus figures emerging from the province have raised serious concerns. "I APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE TO REMAIN INDOOR".