Workers of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) arrive to spray disinfectant at a quarantine camp in Quetta. AFP/File
QUETTA: A complete lockdown has been imposed in Gwadar and Kech districts because of resurgence of the novel coronavirus.
A notification issued on Friday evening said the lockdown had been enforced after cases of Covid-19 had increased rapidly in different areas of Makran and especially in the port city of Gwadar.
It said that all shops, hotels and restaurants will remain closed for the next 15 days with the exception of some shops having essential items in both the districts and only those people who have been vaccinated and adhering to Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be allowed in the exempted shops.
GWADAR: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to complete pilot projects for establishing joint markets in border areas of the two counties.
A delegation of the Iranian government met Pakistani officials here on Wednesday and discussed the projects related to bilateral trade.
The meeting reviewed progress on the proposed joint border markets.
Gwadar Deputy Commissioner retired Major Abdul Kabir Khan Zarkoon told the meeting that with the setting up the joint border markets, economic activities would increase on both sides of the border and local people would get jobs.
“With the opening of joint border markets edible items would be available easily in the border towns of Pakistan and Iran,” he said.