LAHORE: Provincial authorities have banned Aitekaf in cities with high positivity rates and permitted Aitekaf in only 10 districts.
Punjab’s Primary and Secondary Health Department issued a notice regarding the issue which states the cities as per their positivity rates of the disease.
The adherence of Aitekaf will be allowed in the districts having low COVID-positive cases, the notification recites.
The districts which are permitted to conduct Aitekaf include Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Chiniot, Gujrat, Okara, Attock, Sialkot, Dera Ghazi Khan, Hafizabad, and Jhang.
The move comes up in wake of a high number of serious patients in parts of Punjab. National Health Services chaired a high-level meeting with NCOC to converse the procedures for the last 10 days of the sacred month.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Lahore named Captain retd Muhammad Usman told that Aitekaf was not practiced Lahore due to the risk
حکومت پنجاب کے احکامات کے مطابق اس رمضان لاہور ڈویژن میں اعتکاف کی اجازت نہیں ہو گی۔
عوام کےتعاون سے کورونا وائرس کم ضرور ہوا ہے مگر خطرہ ابھی بھی سر منڈلا رہا ہے۔
آپ سے گزارش ہے عبادات گھر پر کرنے کو ترجیح دیں کیونکہ احتیاط میں ہی حیات ہے۔#Lahore #COVID19 #StayHome #Ramadan pic.twitter.com/YytAsxoDEj
— Commissioner Lahore Division (@commissionerlhr) May 3, 2021
The ongoing pandemic has claimed 8,572 lives while the number of coronavirus cases in the province surpassed 306,920. The total recoveries across Punjab were documented at 253,687.
