Baluchistan govt plans strict action against trespassers: Liaquat Shahwani

ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP): Spokesman to the Chief Minister Balochistan Liaquat Shahwani on Saturday said the provincial government would take strict actions against the pilgrims and traders trying to escape screening test before entering into Pakistan from neighbouring countries through Balochistan border.

Talking to a private news channel he stated that around 5000 pilgrims and traders had been screened and 4400 had come from the corona affected areas of neighbouring countries.

The persons infected with coronavirus were kept in quarantines and isolation wards for 14 days until they were pronounced healthily, he added.

He said border forces were directed to remain high alert for the screening of every person coming to Pakistan.

Special teams were deployed to march at the borders for arresting people entering illegally while the groups of pilgrims and merchants who tried to escape the screening test were kept in quarantines and isolation camps and their vehicles were disinfected as well, he added.

Balochistan government: Security measures against coronavirus