SOPs to be implemented, shops to be closed by 5.00 p.m: Ajmal Wazir.

PESHAWAR -- Advisor to Chief Minister Khaber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relation, Ajmal Khan Wazir on Wednesday said keeping in view the Corona pandemic, a similar routine would be implemented for shops opening before Eid-ul-Fitr.

He said shops would remain closed after 5pm and would be opened on on four days a week including Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays till 5 pm whereas barbershops and saloons will be open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday under Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Talking to media persons after visiting different markets in the provincial capital, he said shops of basic and emergency affairs would remain open round the clock.

The advisor informed that the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan was fighting on two fronts - Corona virus and against poverty - adding, majority of the country's population lived below the poverty line which was why the government eased the lockdown.

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan always thought about the poor and initiated

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