Sanctions on cinemas, marriage halls, govt offices lifted.

LAHORE -- The Punjab government has lifted various sanctions it imposed on the cinemas, marriage halls, shrines and government offices during peak time of second wave of Covid-19 in November last year to limit the spread of virus.

A notification in this regard was issued by the Punjab primary and secondary healthcare department here on Saturday with intimation that the implementation on this notification would be from March 15.

The step was taken after Chief Minister Usman Buzdar accorded approval to the recommendations of the health experts to relax the sanctions to bring routine activities to normalisation.

According to the notification, the Punjab government has lifted the time limit from all the commercial activities and amusement parks. It has relaxed the condition of 50 per cent staff work from home and allowed the indoor wedding/functions from March 15 subject to adoption of Covid-19 standard operating procedures/guidelines. It has also allowed indoor dining, and opening of cinemas and shrines with effect...