Karachi residents fined Rs22,000 in total for not wearing masks in public

KARACHI: (HRNW) Forty-four residents of two districts were fined Rs22,000 in total on Saturday for not wearing masks in public.

Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani has directed authorities to fine residents not wearing Rs500.

Moreover, 12 businesses have also been sealed while three others have been fined Rs20,000 in the city’s central and south districts during routine inspections to check violations of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.