Punjab imposes Section 144 on hoarding of oxygen cylinders.

LAHORE -- The Punjab government has imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) on hoarding of oxygen cylinders across the province on the request of Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P and PSHD) Punjab .

According to the P and SHD sources on Saturday, the Home Department issued a circular in this regard.

Now hoarding and profiteering of oxygen cylinders, concentrators and pulse oxymeters would be crime in the province.

Secretary P and SHD M Usman said that COVID-19 patients...

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