President Dr. Arif Alvi chaired a meeting to devise a strategy to ensure the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with regard to Corona Pandemic during Eid-ul-Azha, at Awan-e-Sadr, today. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Interior, Brig (R) Ijaz Ahmad Shah, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, Mr. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Chairman of Council of Islamic Ideology, Dr. Qibla Ayaz, and Secretary to the President, Mr. Tariq Najeeb Najmi.
The Ministers briefed the President about the measures to be taken during Eid-ul-Azha. The President advised that all stakeholders, including Ulema and provincial governments, should be taken into confidence to educate and encourage the people to observe social distancing and to go for “collective sacrifice” so as to avoid transmission of Corona virus. The meeting emphasized the need for creating awareness about the pandemic and appealed to the media to play active role in sensitizing the people to observe the SOPs and avoid visiting crowded place like cattle markets and Bazars etc. The meeting also admired the role of media which had educated the people to a larger extent about the disease.
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