Cabinet body agrees to reopen shrines in Punjab.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Cabinet Committee on law and order on Wednesday agreed to a proposal to open shrines managed by the Auqaf Department across the province with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) decided by the health department.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee at Civil Secretariat chaired by Law and Social Welfare Minister Basharat Raja. It was also attended by labour minister Ansar Majeed Khan and sports and tourism minister Taimur Ahmad Khan.

The meeting reviewed in detail the reports of possible acts of terrorism sent by the intelligence agencies, besides coronavirus SOPs and security arrangements for Jumatul Wida, Shab-i-Qadr, Yomul Quds and Eidul Fitr gatherings.

Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Momin Agha, Punjab IG Shoaib Dastgir, Additional IG CTD, Additional IG Special Branch and other officers gave briefings on the security arrangements.

Participating in the briefing through video link, the divisional commissioners and regional police...