President Signed the Gazette notification

President signed a Gazette notification declaring several services related to ports, airports, and passenger transport services as essential services, with immediate effect, the PMD reported

Accordingly, the special Gazette declares public transport services for passengers or goods discharge, carriage, landing, storage, delivery, and removal of articles of food or drink, or coal, oil, and fuel from vessels within any port as defined for the purpose of the Customs Ordinance(Chapter 235), the provision and maintenance of facilities for transport services by road, rail, including roads, bridges, culverts, airports, ports and railways lines as essential services with immediate effect.