FAISALABAD: The district administration has imposed smart lockdown in 25 areas of Faisalabad.According to a spokesman for the district administration, as the number of coronavirus cases reached 3,800 with more than 95 deaths in the district, the district administration decided to seal 90 hot spots in 25 areas of the city, he maintained.
He said Raza Town, Edan Garden, Abdullah Garden, Sitara Colony, Model Town, Muslim Town B-block, Rajay Wala, Sitara Sapna, Ideal Colony, Khiyaban Garden, Muslim Town, Lasani Pulli, Green Town, Usman Town, Muslim Town-1, Noorpur, Aqsa Town, Crescent Mill, Mohallah Shadab, Rehman Pura, Faisal Garden, Canal Garden, Amin Town, Gulistan Colony No2, Taj Colony, Bolay Di Jhuggi, Islam Nagar, New Civil Lines, Hajvairi Town, Negahbanpura, Chibban, Saeed Colony, Khiyaban-II, Officers' Colony-1, Officers’ Colony-2, Madina Town, People’s Colony-1, People’s Colony-2, Al-Najaf Colony, Fatehabad Sharqi, Gilanipura, Jhal, Batala Colony, Sohail Abad, Sharifpura, Hussain Shaheed Colony, Muhammadabad, al-Fayyaz Colony, Rachna Town, Hareem Town, Rabbani Colony, Allama Iqbal Colony, Waris Pura, Iqbal Nagar, Dastgirpura, Dawoodnagar, Nawaz Park, Farooqabad, Amjadabad, Shalimar Park, D-Type Colony, Shadi Pura, Korian, Alipura, Nisar Colony, Satellite Town, Samanabad, Samosa Colony, Muzaffar Colony, Aminabad, Gaushala, Nazimabad, Premier Colony and other areas will come under the lockdown.
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