Clerics back SOPs to contain Covid
A man with a mask on his chin stands at the entrance of his shop displaying a Covid-19 precautionary sign for the customers in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS
Clerics on Saturday assured the provincial government of full support in implementing the standard operating procedures (SOPs) prescribed to keep the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic from spreading, especially during its second wave.
The assurances were given during a meeting convened on Saturday by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Auqaf, Hajj, Religious and Minority Affairs Department on the directives of the provincial chief secretary on devising a strategy to combat the current surge in Covid-19 cases.
The meeting chaired by Auqaf Secretary Shahid Sohail and was attended by Chief Khateeb Maulana Muhammad Ismail, district and tehsil khutaba, aima of Auqaf department and other officials. APP
Published in The Express Tribune, December 13th, 2020.