{"id":13913,"date":"2026-03-31T05:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=13913"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:55:36","slug":"pakistan-takes-decision-on-smart-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=13913","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan takes decision on smart lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has decided not to impose a smart lockdown in the country, ARY News reported citing sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to sources, the decision was taken in a meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari, where it was agreed not to enforce a smart lockdown. Sources added that the proposal for a smart lockdown was rejected due to opposition from the provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was further reported that the chief ministers of all four provinces opposed the idea of a smart lockdown. Due to lack of consensus, the plan to implement smart lockdown measures could not move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources also said that no agreement could be reached on imposing a smart lockdown in Pakistan for energy conservation purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the government has decided to adopt alternative measures to address the situation, according to sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read: Govt decides to impose countrywide smart Lockdown<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the government had decided to take steps to tackle the country\u2019s energy crisis amid escalating tensions in the region, which were hindering fuel supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal government decided to impose a smart lockdown across the country on weekends, i.e., Saturdays and Sundays, sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe proposals have been finalized and the lockdown has come into force after being approved by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,\u201d according to sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe duration of the lockdown has been recommended from Saturday noon (12:00) to Sunday night\u2019s 11:59 PM,\u201d sources referring the proposal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to sources, all business activities will remain suspended during the lockdown duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll markets and commercial activities and wedding ceremonies will be prohibited during the lockdown duration,\u201d sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government proposals, however, recommended keeping the public transport running during the lockdown period, \u201cHospitals, pharmacies and essential public services would also remain open in lockdown,\u201d according to sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources also said that the ports, railways and air travel will be continued as per the routine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has decided not to impose a smart lockdown in the country, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, the decision was taken in a meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari, where it was agreed not to enforce a smart lockdown. Sources added that the proposal for a smart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1774936551,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pakistan"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13916,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13913\/revisions\/13916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}