Punjab police evacuate ground, send violators home

Lahore police took action, in various areas, over violation of government guidelines on social distancing on Sunday.

Citizens playing in the grounds and sitting in restaurants were sent to their homes.

Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Zulfiqar Hameed took notice on reports that youth were playing in Doongi ground, Samanabad. On directions by the CCPO, a police team warned the youth about the threat of coronavirus and evacuated the ground immediately.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 23^rd, 2020.