ANP demands lockdown for two weeks.

PESHAWAR -- The Awami National Party has demanded complete lockdown for two weeks to contain local transmission of Covid-19 which has recorded a major jump during the last few weeks.

'The prevailing situation demands a curfew-like lockdown across the country,' said ANP central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain, according to a statement issued here on Friday.

He insisted that Prime Minister Imran Khan was completely unaware of the situation.

Mr Iftikhar said almost 100 people were dying every day because of Covid-19 while thousands of people were being tested positive for the virus. He...