QUETTA: Balochistan government spokesperson Liaqat Shahwani said the provincial government has relaxed lockdown timings and allowed businesses to remain open from 9am to 10pm. Addressing media here in Quetta on Saturday, he said the decision was taken keeping in view of declining cases in the province.

Shahwani said that province witnessed a drop in Covid-19 cases during the last five days and 20 districts of the province have reported zero cases during the period. The government would consider reopening schools, parks, marriage halls if cases continued to decline, he added.

He thanked people of the province for cooperating with government in following the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and appealed to the public to continue following standard operating procedures (SOPs) during Eidul Azha to avoid a possible surge in cases.