Commissioner orders Rs500 fine for not wearing face mask in Karachi

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Peoples wearing facemasks walk past outside an hospital entrance in Karachi on February 17, 2020, after a gas leak killed five people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Karachi: Karachi Commissioner and Administrator Iftikhar Shallwani on Friday made wearing of face mask mandatory for the people and directed that those found violating the precautionery measure would be fined upto Rs500.

The commissioner has directed all the deputy commissioners to ensure that all the citizens wear face masks.

He ordered that those found not wearing the face masks would be fined Rs500.