Business activities in Sindh to resume tomorrow.

KARACHI -- The Sindh government on Saturday allowed business activities across the province from Monday in accordance with the decisions of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) but warned that the lockdown, with more restrictions, could return if the cases of coronavirus witnessed a new spike.

Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said in a statement that all the business activities would be allowed to operate under specific guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs). 'Any businessman who would not fully comply with the guidelines or SOPs will not be allowed to do business,' he said.

He said that until the coronavirus was completely eradicated from the country, or until its vaccine was developed, all of us could neither adopt a normal lifestyle nor do business in the way we used to do in the past.

'If we are not careful, the situation will get worse,' the minister said, adding: 'Because the cure has not yet been discovered anywhere and it spreads very fast from one person to another. So the only way to prevent the spread of coronavirus ... is to be careful and not to leave our homes unnecessarily.'

He said that although the NCC had not yet given permission to open major markets, shopping malls and departmental stores, the Sindh government would consult with the federal government and the provinces in this regard.

Minister Nasir Shah says traders, businessmen must follow SOPs

He said that the Sindh government was bound by the decision of the apex court, which had asked all the provinces and the federation to adopt a uniform policy to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Shah said that Sindh ministers met the business community in a meeting in which about 100 businessmen participated...