The decision was made by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in a session held on Saturday. Chaired by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, the session was attended by Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid, Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri and Special Assistant to the PM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan.
“Keeping in view the risk factor due to the ongoing surge in COVID spread across the country and particularly in major urban centres, it was decided to ban all sort of processions while holding of Majalis has been permitted under strict COVID SOPs which are already in place for Ramazan ul Mubarik,” an NCOC statement said.