2,000 pilgrims set to arrive in Quetta post-quarantine
Pilgrims completed 14-day isolation period at the tent city in TaftanQUETTA: Around 2,000 pilgrims are set to leave the quarantine tent city in Taftan after completing the mandatory 14-day isolation period at the Pakistan House on Friday. Sources told The Express Tribune that pilgrims belonging to Balochistan will arrive in Quetta while others will leave for their respective provinces. By March 11, the number of quarantined pilgrims in Taftan rose to 4,000 – out of which 2,000 belong to Sindh. The quarantined individuals were placed in a tent city set up by the Balochistan government for Pakistani nationals entering the country from Iran. Read The Express Tribune‘s live coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Pakistan and the around the globe here.
Source: The Express Tribune March 13, 2020 07:56 UTC
