Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has ordered non-payment of salaries to government employees who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus. The decision will come into effect from July.
Shah took the decision while chairing a meeting of the provincial coronavirus Task Force here at Chief Minister House on Thursday.
Earlier, the Sindh government on May 27, 2021 gave a seven-day ultimatum to its employees to get the COVID-19 jab.
While chairing the meeting, Sindh CM reiterated his appeal to the general public to reach the nearest vaccination centre to get the jab.
The CM also ordered the conversion of 300 basic health units of the government in the province into vaccination facilities to help inoculate 30,000 people daily.
Karachi: Several District Central areas undergo micro smart lockdown
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Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
KARACHI: Micro smart lockdowns have been imposed in several areas of the city s District Central till June 15, a notification from the district s deputy commissioner officer said Tuesday.
The lockdowns, to curb the spread of coronavirus, have been imposed in four towns across the district, the notification said.
One hundred and twenty-seven COVID-19 patients are residing in Gulberg, North Karachi, Liaqatabad, and North Nazimabad, the notification said.
A man rides his donkey cart through a closed market area during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi on May 30, 2021. AFP/File
Tourists return to Galiyat valleys
Officials vow steps to enforce anti-Covid SOPs
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May 25, 2021
NATHIAGALI:
The picturesque Galiyat valleys and Ayubia in Abbottabad district attracted on Monday an influx of domestic tourists after the reopening of tourism in Khyber-Pakthunkhwa under SOPs in the wake of the National Command and Operational Centre (NCOC) s decisions.
People from plain districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa and Central Punjab thronged to scenic Thandyani, Harnoi, Donga Gali, Bagnotar, Nathiagali, Changagali, Baragalai and Ayubi to enjoy its mesmerising natural beauty, lush green valleys, walking on ancient hiking trails and waterfalls beyond one s immigration.
Abbottabad-Murree Road was flooded with tourists, adventurers, mountaineers and sports lovers, who were on their way to Nathiagali and Ayubia. Situated at a five-kilometre distance east of Nathiagali on an altitude of 8,000 feet on Abbottabad-Murree Road in the Himalaya region, Ayubia has witnessed great hustl