KARACHI: On directives issued by the deputy commissioner of several Districts, action was taken against violators of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that the provincial government has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the District South DC Office, a mobile market, two restaurants, including Kababjees and 11 shops were sealed, and fines totalling Rs0.133 million were imposed against profiteers in the district.
Meanwhile, Civil Lines Assistant Commissioner Walid Baig sealed eight shops in Defense Housing Authority’s (DHA) Zamzama and imposed fines totalling Rs4,000. The officials of Saddar Town sealed 18 shops in Mehboob Cloth Market and fined them Rs87,000 for violating the SOPs.
AlNaz Biryani Centre was fined Rs15,000, Café Quetta Hotel was fined Rs10,000 and a restaurant in the area was also sealed. The officials imposed fines totalling Rs10,000 on two milk shops in Saddar for violating prescribed rates issued by the Sindh government.
The officials of Garden imposed fines totalling Rs10,000 on three hotels and sealed four shops in the area. Lyari’s muktiarkar sealed Ghosia Mobile Market in the town for violating SOPs.
On the other hand, authorities have imposed a micro-smart lockdown in three sub-divisions of District Central — Gulberg, North Nazimabad and North Karachi — in the wake of growing coronavirus cases in these areas.
