A week-long lockdown has begun across the country

News Desk: A week-long lockdown has started across the country from Wednesday (April 14) to stop the rise of Corona. However, the government wants to keep the economy afloat even if trade and commerce shrink at this time. Exports and remittances played a major role in corona coronation's first push last year. To this end, the industries of the country are being kept under their own management following the hygiene rules within the lockdown. Banking services will also be limited.

The lockdown will run from 6 am on April 14 to midnight on April 21. However, the 13-point notification issued by the Cabinet Division clearly states that other urgent goods and services, including the media (print and electronic media), their staff, and vehicles will be exempt from the ban.

Police on Tuesday (April 13th) launched a special app to give 'movement passes' to control people's movement in all-out lockdown, but media personnel will not need the pass, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed.

The government notification said that law and order and emergency services, such as agricultural inputs (fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, agricultural machinery, etc.), food grains and food transport, relief distribution, healthcare, Covid-19 vaccination, electricity, water, gas/fuel, Fire service, port (land port, river port, and seaport) activities, telephone and internet (public-private), media (print and electronic media), private security, offices related to other essential and essential goods and services including postal service, their staff, and vehicles: This will be outside the scope of the ban.

Apart from this, one can go out of the house for urgent needs like buying medicines and daily necessities, medical services, burial, or burial.