The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) has appealed the managements of the mosques and imambargahs to strictly observe guidelines devised for preventing the spread of novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
ICTA said that anti-Covid-19 guidelines for prayer congregations should be implemented to avoid the potential risk of the pandemic infection and community transmission at the area.
Teams comprising assistant commissioners, magistrates were paying regular visits at the mosques and imambargahs to ensure the implementation of anti-coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs), Additional Deputy Commissioner Asif Raheem said.
Raheem said he was meeting with leading Ulema from all sects to inform them about the Covid-19 SoPs in light of directions of National Command Operation Centre (NCOC).
Ulemas were asked to highlight SOPs in their sermons and sensitise the public on isolating themselves if anyone tests positive for COVID-19.
Raheem said mosque administrations were asked to make proper arrangements to observe the SOPs, beside social distancing among the prayer participants.
He urged the philanthropists to cooperate for provision of masks and sanitizers into the mosques at their respective areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 13th, 2020.
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